Sausage Balls Recipe

Overhead view of sausage balls on a plate with a side of honey mustard sauce.

5 from 3 votes

This recipe for Sausage Balls comes together quickly and is the easiest party appetizer! Full of cheesy, meaty flavor with the BEST texture.

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Total Cost: ($6.49 recipe / $0.43 serving)

Servings: servings (45 sausage balls total, 3 per serving)

Calories: 191kcal

Author: Jess Rice

Equipment

1 oz. Cookie Scoop
Baking Sheet

Ingredients

1 lb sweet ground sausage* $3.98
1 ½ cups buttermilk pancake mix $0.73
½ yellow onion, finely diced (about ½ a cup) $0.47
2 cups shredded pepper jack cheese $1.30
1 tsp salt $0.01

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine ground sweet Italian sausage, buttermilk pancake mix, finely diced yellow onion, shredded pepper jack cheese, and salt in a mixing bowl.
Mix ingredients with your hands until a uniform, sticky mixture is achieved.
With a 1 oz. cookie scoop**, scoop mixture, and transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Bake for 25-30 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
Serve with honey mustard sauce (optional) and toothpicks as the perfect holiday appetizer. (A little sprinkle of salt on top when they are fresh out of the oven is nice, too!)

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Notes

*I used Odom's Tennessee Pride Maple Sausage from Walmart, but any sweet ground pork sausage will do, including breakfast sausage, sweet Italian sausage, etc. You could use a spicy sausage as well, but you may want to opt for cheddar cheese instead of pepper jack if you do, to avoid an overly spicy outcome. (But, hey! Turn up the heat if that’s your thing!) I did not test this recipe with turkey sausage or ground veggie meat substitutes, but they’d be worth a try! Let me know if it works out.

**You can use any size scoop, but the yield will vary.

Nutrition

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