Sausage Cheese Balls

Sausage Cheese Balls is something simple and easy to make. It can be made ahead of time and then frozen. You can add to the recipe like peppers or change the type of cheese. You can even use ground turkey if you are not too happy with pork sausage.

Ingredients:

3 cups Original Bisquick™ mix
1 pound uncooked bulk pork sausage*
4 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (16 ounces)
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, crushed 1 1/2
teaspoons chopped fresh
parsley or 1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes
Barbecue sauce or chili sauce, if desired

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350ºF.
2. Lightly grease bottom and sides of jelly roll pan, 15 1/2x10 1/2x2x1 inch.
3. In a large bowl, stir together all ingredients except barbecue sauce, using hands or spoon. Shape mixture into 1-inch balls. Place in pan.
4. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until brown. Immediately remove from pan. Serve warm with sauce for dipping.

Cover and refrigerate unbaked balls up to 24 hours. Bake as directed.

Cover and freeze unbaked balls up to 1 month. Heat oven to 350ºF. Place frozen balls on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until brown.

Bake as directed; cover and freeze up to 1 month. Heat oven to 350ºF. Place frozen balls on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until heated through.

Bake as directed; cover and freeze up to 1 month. Place 6 frozen balls on a microwavable plate. Loosely cover with waxed paper. Microwave on High 45 seconds to 1 minute or until heated through.