This simple twist on classic sausage cheese balls combines jalapeño with maple sausage and a quick maple mustard dipping sauce for a new version of an old favorite.
More About This Recipe
- Sausage ball recipes go gangbusters every year—especially during football season, the holidays and potluck seasons. They’re easy to make, require very few ingredients and are a guaranteed crowd pleaser, so it’s no secret why people turn to them again and again. If you’re anything like us, you like to throw in a twist every now and then to change things up. This sausage ball recipe does just that. Maple pork sausage adds a hint of sweetness and diced jalapenos counter the sweetness with a hint of spice. The spicy mustard-maple syrup dipping sauce is the finishing touch that takes this appetizer to a whole ‘nother level. Even if mustard seems polarizing to you, try it with the maple syrup—it’s a game changer! If you’re hosting and are in need of more appetizers for your crowd, let your slow cooker do the work for you with these slow-cooker appetizers.
Maple Sausage-Cheese Balls
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 45 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Original Bisquick™ mix
- 1/2 lb uncooked maple-flavored pork breakfast sausage
- 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (8 oz)
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup chopped jalapeño chiles
- 1/4 cup Dijon or spicy brown mustard
- 1/4 cup real maple syrup
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease bottom and sides of 15x10x1-inch pan.
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Step2In large bowl, stir together Bisquick™ mix, sausage, cheeses, milk and jalapeño chiles, using hands or spoon. Shape mixture into 48 (1-inch) balls. Place in pan.
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Step3Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until no longer pink in center. Immediately remove from pan. In small bowl, mix mustard and maple syrup. Serve warm with mustard sauce for dipping.
Nutrition
60
Calories
4 1/2g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
4g
Total Carbohydrate
1g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Ball
- Calories
- 60
- Calories from Fat
- 40
- Total Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 160mg
- 7%
- Potassium
- 25mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 4g
- 1%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 1g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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