It’s officially the Holiday season in my world now. I’ve made a double batch of sausage balls and eaten the first pan. I’ll be glad to share my recipe (I do think it’s the best in the world) and a few tips.
1 lb Neese’s Hot Sausage
12 oz Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese, grated
3 cups Bisquick baking mix
3 Dashes of Texas Pete
Grate the cheese yourself when you are ready to make the balls. Pre-grated cheese has an anti clumping agent in it and it doesn’t work well at all. You are going to have to get your hands dirty for this one. Place all ingredients in a very large bowl, and work together with your hands until all the ingredients are incorporated, with no wayward cheese bits or Bisquick in the bottom of the bowl. It takes a while and is a good workout. Also fun for kids! Roll out 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on baking sheets. If you make them too big they won’t cook properly. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. I offload mine into a wooden bowl. The baking sheets will get greasy as the fat bakes out, but these sausage balls aren’t greasy at all. I don’t know how many the recipe makes because I’ve never been able to not eat any as soon as they won’t burn my mouth. It makes a bunch. I’d estimate 9 or 10 dozen.
Even though you are using hot sausage and Texas Pete, these aren’t spicy hot to me at all. Every time I’ve had them with regular sausage and Mild or Sharp cheddar they haven’t had as much flavor. Go with me on this one. Use Neese’s for your sausage and Extra Sharp cheese.
I’ll be making some Thursday morning for a brunch with some relatives. My wife can’t handle the spicy stuff, though, so I have to use the milder sausage and no hot sauce. They’re still good, though.
Yes, 9 or 10 dozen. I made a double batch last night and still have half of it left to roll out because I got tired. I baked at least 3 sheets with 20 each and 4 sheets with 15 each = 120/12 = 10 Dozen. I have at least that many left to roll this week. You are rolling them into 1 inch balls, not little meatloaves.
I’ve never had, much less made, a sausage ball before but thank goodness I have all these ingredients (close enough) in the house because I’m not sure I could wait for having to first go to the store. These sound awesome and I’ll know for sure later tonite.
We wanted to bring something Thanksgiving but didn’t know what. Thanks!
If sausage balls are white trash, then give me some acid washed jeans, high heels, red lipstick, big earrings, a Marlboro, 5 kids, a no-account loser boyfriend that drives a Trans-Am, and plop me in a trailer park!
They look awesome, but I’d probably treat them like popcorn and eat every last one of 'em. I think I’ll hold off for a couple weeks. I like to spread The Bad evenly throughout my holiday season.
