Food and Recipes Recipes Pimiento Cheese Sausage Balls Take your mornings up a notch with this delicious—and deliciously easy—recipe. By Anna Theoktisto Anna Theoktisto Anna Theoktisto is a recipe tester and developer who's been working in Dotdash Meredith test kitchens since 2017. Her recipes and writing have appeared in over 10 nationally distributed print publications as well as on various digital platforms. Anna's recipes have been showcased on the covers of magazines such as Food & Wine and Southern Living. Anna earned her BS in agricultural education and communication from the University of Florida and a degree in culinary arts from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. She is a member of Les Dames d'Escoffier Birmingham chapter. When not in the kitchen, Anna enjoys hiking with her son, husband, and 2 dogs. She also loves fostering puppies for a local animal rescue group. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on August 1, 2022 Print Share Share Tweet Pin Email Active Time: 15 mins Total Time: 30 mins Servings: 12 Yield: 48 balls Jump to recipe Sausage balls are a forever favorite in Southern kitchens, and, as you'll see in this recipe, we've managed to make them even more Southern. That's thanks to the addition of pimiento cheese, a regional classic in its own right. Take your mornings up a notch with this delicious—and deliciously easy—recipe for Pimiento Cheese Sausage Balls. This simple recipe requires only four ingredients and makes the absolute most of a box of all-purpose baking mix, such as Bisquick Original Pancake & Baking Mix, which so many of us have in our cabinets waiting for a recipe just like this one. Our Test Kitchen is filled with fans of these balls, one of whom said, "These are a delight!" and also touted their ability to take you through the season of breakfasts, lunches, and appetizers, saying, "Make a double batch, roll them into balls and freeze in a single layer. Transfer to a zip-top bag, and just bake off what you need." The recipe makes 50 balls, and they freeze very well. Just roll them into balls, and freeze raw. When you bring them out to bake from frozen, be sure to add a couple of minutes to your bake time to ensure doneness. Ingredients 1 lb. ground pork sausage 2 1/2 cups all-purpose baking mix (such as Bisquick Original Pancake & Baking Mix) 1 1/2 cups prepared pimiento cheese 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh chives Directions Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl, and mix well (this is best done by hand). Shape mixture into about 50 (1-inch) balls, and place on 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake in preheated oven until lightly golden and firm, 14 to 17 minutes. Cool on baking sheet on a wire rack 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature. Anna Theoktisto/Getty Images To bake from frozen, add a couple of minutes to bake time to ensure doneness. Print