Party time! While these look amazingly like mini-meatballs, they are actually biscuits! This reinterpretation of meatballs combines breakfast sausage, cheddar cheese, and onion for a very flavorful holiday appetizer, enough for a crowd of hungry folks.
You can opt to serve them alone or with your choice of dipping sauces, such as mustard or barbecue sauce. Our opinion was that they packed enough flavor by themselves, so a dipping sauce didn’t seem necessary.
The only change we made was using one small onion as opposed to half of a large one. Unfortunately, the balls sat in the oven a bit too long while we tended to other things so the bottoms got a touch crusty—which some guests actually preferred!
Sausage-Cheddar Balls
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. coarse salt
- 1/4 tsp. ground pepper
- 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 cups grated sharp cheddar (1/2 lb.)
- 1 lb. bulk breakfast sausage
- 1/2 large yellow onion, grated on large holes of a box grater
- 3 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, and baking powder. Add cheddar and toss to coat.
- Add sausage, onion, and butter. With your hands, mix until well combined and roll mixture into 1-inch balls.
- Place balls, 1/2 inch apart, on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until balls are golden and cooked through, 25 minutes. Serve warm.
Recipe by Martha Stewart Living
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