Is it possible that I have never posted this recipe on our blog? I hang my head in shame.
This recipe is from an ancient church cookbook which hubby helped illustrate, along with the other children in that church where we met so long ago – only this cookbook was even before my time. My mother-in-law gave me a copy when we were married.
We love these sausage balls, though I have altered the recipe a little to suit us. The biggest change is that we make it from scratch instead of using Bisquick. The other change is that we usually triple it. We eat these for late-night movie snacks, holiday treats, and the occasional fun breakfast or lazy dinner. They’re as good as junk food in our house, but carry less guilt.
If you’re a little short on sausage or cheese, no problem. I promise they’ll still be delish!
Sausage Balls
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 cups grated cheddar cheese
- 1/2 small onion, diced (optional)
- 1 lb. uncooked breakfast sausage
- milk to moisten
Stir together flour, salt, baking powder, cheese and onion. Use hands to work in sausage until evenly distributed – small lumps are fine. Stir in enough milk to moisten flour and make a dough that will hold together.
Shape into uniformly sized balls and place on greased cookie sheet. Bake 20-30 minutes at 400, until lightly browned. Break one open to check sausage for doneness.
Thanks for the recipe, that sounds delicious and easy…
When I was in the 3rd grade I drew that birthday cake on the right side of the table.
This recipe (well the one with bisquick) has been in many a church cookbook I’ve seen. They are delicious. Church/community cookbooks are the best gift to receive! Did Perry autograph your copy? lol
Okay, I am making these tonight for dinner….I used about 3/4 cup of milk and made them bigger than a golf ball, but smaller than a tennis ball. Does that sound about right? A whack of scrambled eggs on the side and I’m gonna call it done.
Actually we make them a lot smaller – more like bite size. But bigger should be fine if you just cook them a little longer.
Enjoy!
Yummy wonderful sausage balls–NO BISQUICK.
You are my new best friend. THANK YOU!
Mmmmmmmm.
The kids will have these before the week is done!
hmmm…love this new recipe! sounds delicious!
ps: is “doneness” a word???
I know what I am cooking next time I do dinner without dear hubby! Yummmy!(hubby is sooo strange and does not like cheese)
I think my family would love these. We have a lot of antelope breakfast sausage from hunting. Thanks!
Good Evening,
I have made sausage balls for my family Thanksgiving for the past couple years. They are the biggest “Southern” hit with the NJ inlaws. I am unable to attend this year and would like to ship them. I plan on cooking them, placing them in a sealed container… do I need dry ice? or will they ship ok without?
Thanks!
I’ve just tried these as needed a recipe without Bisquik (not easy to get in the Uk) and they are AMAZING, and so moreish! Thank you! These will definitely become a regular recipe in my household
Thanks! Recipe was great I added garlic turned out perfect