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Easy Sausage Balls from Scratch + Video

November 27, 2018

These easy sausage balls from scratch are a classic party favorite without the need for boxed mixes! Everyone at your holiday party or potluck will love them, and they are also perfect for a Christmas breakfast treat! Your family won’t be able to get enough. Sausage, cheddar cheese, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, butter, and a little milk…so easy and delicious! Scroll down for video!
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Christmas Food is the Best Food!

There are so many things to eat at Christmas. I could never pick a favorite. I mean, ranch Goldfish? My grandmother’s egg soufflé? All the cheese balls?? For Christmas dinner, we eat prime rib and twice baked potatoes. Can you see why I❤Christmas?

At every Christmas gathering (including my family’s Christmas breakfast) you are likely to find sausage balls. Little nuggets of breakfast sausage, cheese, and biscuit mix (aka Bisquick), these things are addictive. They’re low-calorie too, so you can eat as many as you like (⬅that’s a total lie). Truth be told, though, I don’t wait for Christmas to make sausage balls.We love to eat them for breakfast or for an occasional Saturday night snack (Saturday night is snack night in my house).
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No-Bisquick Sausage Balls

I have nothing against Bisquick. My mom makes her sausage balls with Bisquick and Cheez Whiz (because Cheez Whiz helps them to mix up more easily) and those things are goooood. I’m a biscuit purist, though, so I don’t keep Bisquick or any other type of baking mix in the house, so I’d rather just make my own than go buy a box when I want to make sausage balls.

Easy Sausage Balls from Scratch!

These take approximately one minute longer to make than sausage balls made with a baking mix (that minute being used, of course, to measure the ingredients) and they are every bit as delicious.

Yummy Christmas Treat!

So, whether you want to go the traditional route and use a baking mix or make these easy sausage balls from scratch, just make some sausage balls. It’s Christmas! They are perfect for a holiday potluck or party or for serving for Christmas breakfast. Everyone in your family will love them, and you don’t have to buy a box of mix to make them!

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Yield: about 60 sausage balls

Sausage Balls from Scratch

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20 minCook Time:

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into cubes and chilled
  • 1 pound breakfast sausage (mild or hot, your choice)
  • 1 pound cheddar cheese (2 8-ounce blocks), grated
  • milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. If desired, spray 2 sheet pans with cooking spray (I actually never bother).
  2. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Using a pastry blender or your fingertips, work the butter into the flour mixture until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  3. Add the sausage and cheese to the bowl along with a couple of tablespoons of milk. Using your hands, work the ingredients together until well-combined, adding milk a tablespoon at a time to moisten the mixture so that you can get all the dry flour (you can also use a stand mixer with the paddle attachment to do this, but I just prefer to use my hands).
  4. Portion the sausage ball mixture into tablespoon size pieces (I use a cookie scoop to do this) and roll into balls using your palms before placing them onto the baking sheets.
  5. Bake the sausage balls until lightly browned, about 20-25 minutes. Stack on paper towels for a few minutes to absorb excess butter. Serve immediately or at room temperature.
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Comments

  1. cakespy says

    December 7, 2015 at 7:59 am

    These look downright addictive!! A perfect party food.
    Reply
    • Chattavore says

      December 9, 2015 at 10:23 pm

      Thanks! It is pretty darn tough to stop eating them.
      Reply
  2. craftycookingamanda says

    December 10, 2015 at 10:18 am

    Yum - I love sausage balls - these look delicious! I used to make these often for quick breakfasts to reheat. I'm totally into your moms method of adding cheez whiz - I'm gonna try half cheez whiz and half shredded the next time I make them :)
    Reply
    • Chattavore says

      December 10, 2015 at 11:31 pm

      Let me know how they turn out!!
      Reply
  3. Glass Kortni (@kortni_glash) says

    May 7, 2016 at 11:27 am

    Hello Chattavore, thank you so much for posting this. I grew up in Chatt and this is a holiday food in my family as well. Like you I do not keep bisquick around the house so this was perfect. This is now my go to for bringing to parties to share. Everyone loves them and it's a little way to share my southern roots while living far from "home."
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      May 10, 2016 at 7:09 pm

      That's great! Sausage balls are so addictive!
      Reply
  4. baylee says

    May 28, 2018 at 2:37 pm

    how many does it make???
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      May 28, 2018 at 5:16 pm

      Hey Baylee - the size that I make them makes about 60. That's about a heaping tablespoon-sized scoop.
      Reply
  5. Sarah says

    November 21, 2018 at 1:06 pm

    Can these be made arrangements if time?
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      November 21, 2018 at 1:49 pm

      I'm wondering if auto-correct attacked this comment, Sarah. Are you asking if the sausage balls can be made ahead of time? If so, the answer is absolutely! You can make them all the way and bake them, make the dough a day or two ahead and refrigerate it until you are ready to scoop and bake, or make the dough, scoop, flash-freeze on a cookie sheet for half an hour, and freeze in a zipper bag for up to month before baking!
      Reply
      • Sarah says

        November 21, 2018 at 9:31 pm

        Yes sorry! I was in a hurry ? thank you!!!
        Reply
        • Mary // Chattavore says

          November 27, 2018 at 9:29 pm

          You're welcome!
          Reply
  6. Rachel says

    December 21, 2019 at 5:43 pm

    Do you brown the sausage first?
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      December 21, 2019 at 7:40 pm

      No-the sausage goes into the mix raw and cooks completely in the oven.
      Reply
  7. Whitney Byrd says

    December 2, 2021 at 3:44 pm

    This is the best sausage ball recipe I have ever made! Its not greasy like all the other recipes and its so good hot or cold! Every time I make these they ALL end up getting ate up! I even made them for a wedding once and got rave reviews, and none were left! So thanks for this recipe!
    Reply

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