Sausage & Hash Brown Balls – mix together and freezer for a quick snack. Always a HUGE HIT! Can freeze for later. Great for breakfast or at parties. There are never any left!
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Pin This RecipeSausage Balls are one of our favorite snacks. I always have a bag in the freezer for a quick snack. I had some frozen hash browns in the freezer and was thinking of ways to use them up. I wondered how they would taste in my favorite sausage ball recipe. Only one way to find out!
I whipped up a batch of sausage balls and mixed the hash browns. I waited patiently for them to bake up. I took one bite and had my answer. They are awesome! These would be great for parties or Christmas morning! Just scramble up some eggs for a super quick Christmas morning breakfast.
Sausage & Hash Brown Balls
Ingredients:
- 1 lb hot sausage, uncooked
- 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, softened
- 1½ cups Bisquick
- 1½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
- ½ (30 to 32-oz) package frozen shredded hash brown potatoes (about 4 cups)
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Mix all ingredients until well combined. (I use my KitchenAid mixer with the dough hook attachment)
- Roll into 1 1/2-inch balls. Place on rimmed baking sheet.
- Bake for 18 – 22 minutes, or until brown.
Notes:
Steph
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Could I use soy chorizo to make it vegetarian?
What a great idea! But unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
Lawd….can you imagine being a kindergarten teacher to some if these people?!? “If you raise your hand one……more…..time…..(insert eye twitch here)” 😂😂😂 Most basic recipe ever and the amount of questions is monumental! Maybe some should just stick to glueing dried pasta to paper.
Sorry what is bisquick
It is pancake mix
Bisquick is flour with a leavening agent and shortening already added. You can use it as a base for many baking needs. Bisquick is not a complete pancake mix. It can be used to make pancakes, but it would need additional ingredients.
Could this be cooked in a slow cooker?
I have made these several times. They are so easy to make and everyone loves them. I have also experimented with different sausage flavors and they always turn out great. I bake them and then freeze in a ziplock bag. Microwave for about 1 minute. Great breakfast or snack on the go.
I’m going to try them as patties
Would you suggest dipping these in something?
Anything you like – salsa, ranch, honey mustard, bbq sauce, jalapeno ranch?
Love these!
I make a batch and my son has them for breakfast during the week before school.
Beats the pants off a pop tart any day. He even likes them dipped in syrup.
Mine came out dry I knew that something didn’t look right when I had to squeeze them into a ball. The nay thing I did different is to use rehydrated hash browns. Any ideas it attested good just looks bad
My only guess is the rehydrated hash browns as that isn’t what is used in this recipe.
Can you use potatoes O’Brien.
I made these today for a church breakfast. Using my kitchenaid with the dough hook was awesome! I used to make a similar recipe without the hashbrowns and cream cheese and mixed it by hand. It took so long to get it the right consistency. Thank you for the helpful hint. I used my Pampered chef scoop so it was very quick to get them on the cookie sheet.
I have breakfast sausage that is cooked. What would I do differently for this recipe? Thank you for the help!
Maybe try to adapt this recipe: https://www.plainchicken.com/2010/10/sausage-cheese-puffs.html
Have you tried these on mini muffin pans vs balling them?
I haven’t. Sounds like an interesting idea!
I don't have a stand mixer. Do you think a food processor would work? Seems like it might be hard to mix this by hand.
I haven't tried this in the food processor. I don't know if it would pulverize the hash browns or not. Without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
I have refrigerated hash browns (not frozen) can I use those instead of frozen hash browns?
yes
How many balls does this recipe make?
How many balls does this recipe make?
What type of sausage, casing or rolled sausage?
Your preference. I used Jimmy Dean