Sausage Balls and Mini Pigs-In-A-Blanket

These are more hors d'oeuvres from Anita's birthday party. Sure, the pigs in a blanket are your usual recipe, so to kick them up I served them with some hot and spicy Grandma Foster's BBQ sauce.


The sausage balls were served with a mustard dipping sauce and BBQ sauce for dipping.

For the Sausage Balls:

Makes: 40 sausage balls
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 10-15 minutes
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Ingredients:

• 1 lb bulk sausage
• 1 (10 oz) sharp cheddar cheese, grated (I used Tillamook)
• 2 cups Bisquick baking mix

1. Let cheese and sausage come to room temperature.

2. Mix all ingredients. The mixture will be very dry.

3. Preheat oven to 400 F.

4. Line two cookie sheets with foil and spray with oil spray.

5. Bake in oven for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown. Drain if needed.


For the Pigs-In-A-Blanket:

Makes: 24-30 pigs
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
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Ingredients:

• 1 package Little Smokies sausage
• 1 package Crescent Rolls
• Parmesan cheese to taste, optional
• Garlic salt to taste, optional

1. Preheat oven according to crescent rolls package.

2. Unroll dough but leave intact 2 triangles, forming a rectangle. Pinch the seam between the two triangles.

3. Using a pizza cutter, cut the dough into 5 strips lengthwise. Then, cut cross-wise into 10 strips.

4. Roll each strip around a sausage and place in a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick spray.

5. Sprinkle with garlic salt and cheese, if desired.

6. Bake 10-15 minutes or until dough is browned.