Pimiento Cheese Sausage Balls

Take your mornings up a notch with this delicious—and deliciously easy—recipe.

Active Time:
15 mins
Total Time:
30 mins
Servings:
12
Yield:
48 balls

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.

Pimento Cheese Sausage Balls
Southern Living

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

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl, and mix well (this is best done by hand).

  2. Shape mixture into about 50 (1-inch) balls, and place on 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper.

  3. 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.

    Pimento Cheese Sausage Balls
    Southern Living

Tips

To bake from frozen, add a couple of minutes to bake time to ensure doneness.

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