Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook Time: 20 mins | Total Time: 25 mins | Course: Appetizer, Breakfast | Cuisine: American | Makes: 24 sausage balls | Calories: 176kcal

Ingredients

1 pound sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

1 pound ground pork sausage

2 cups biscuit baking mix

1 tbsp freeze dried chives (optional)

1/4 cup milk (if needed)

Directions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the ground sausage, biscuit baking mix and shredded cheese.
  3. Form into 24 golf-ball-sized balls and place on baking sheets.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown and the sausage is cooked through entirely.
  5. Remove and serve hot!

Notes

Don’t use bagged shredded cheese in these. You need the moisture that comes from freshly grated block cheese. The cheese shreds in the bag are dry and you will end up with a dry product.

You can definitely change up the type of cheese to whatever flavor you prefer, but a sharp old cheddar is delicious!

If the batter seems dry, add in a 1/4 cup milk.

If your sausage isn’t that greasy, you also might have to add in milk.

Add in some spices like cayenne if you want – I LOVED mine with the chives! I would use fresh minced green onion in my next batch for sure. These are very easy to customize.