This Sausage Cream Cheese Balls recipe is a double-duty recipe! It’s an easy appetizer to serve at parties, and you can serve them for brunch the next morning, too!
Move oven rack to the middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with foil or parchment paper; set aside.
Place flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper in a food processor and pulse for 3 seconds, or until combined.
Sprinkle butter pieces over flour and pulse for 10 seconds or until the mixture looks like a coarse meal.
Add sausage, cream cheese, cheddar, and milk.
Pulse for 6-8 pulses, or until combined (make sure you don’t over-mix or else the sausage balls will be tough when cooked).
Use a 2-tablespoon scoop to scoop the sausage mixture. Roll mixture into a ball and then place it on the prepared baking sheets, spacing balls 1 ½ inches apart. Repeat with remaining sausage mixture.
Bake for 18-20 minute, rotating pans halfway through baking, or until golden brown. Let the sausage balls cool slightly before serving.
FOR MUSTARD DIPPING SAUCE:
While the sausage balls bake, make the sauce. Mix all of the ingredients together in a small bowl. Chill until you’re ready to use.
SERVE:
Serve the sausage balls warm with mustard dipping sauce.