Sausage Balls

serves 12

• 1 and 1/2 cups of flour
• 2 and 1/4 teaspoons of baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon of salt
• 1 pound of hot sausage
• 10 ounces of cheddar cheese - extra sharp
• 1 medium onion - diced
• 1 can of non-stick cooking spray

Remove sausage from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature.

In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.

Shred the cheese. Dice the onion.

Remove the sausage from the casing.

Add the sausage, cheese, onion to the flour mixture. Mix everything together with your hands.

Form into balls approximately 1 inch in diameter.

Spray baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.

Arrange sausage balls on baking sheet with sides

Bake (in two batches) for 15-18 minutes in 350 degree preheated oven, turning once.

Serve hot.

Makes 60-65 balls

Freezing instructions:

Place uncooked sausage balls on wax paper lined baking sheet with sides. Freeze several hours until hard. Remove from baking sheet and put the sausage balls in a freezer bag. When ready to bake the sausage balls, place them on a baking sheet which has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Let the sausage balls defrost for 15 minutes and then bake according to the instructions above.