Cream Cheese Sausage Balls

A close up of sausage meatballs on a baking sheet.

These sausage balls start with cream cheese, cheddar, and almond flour, but they taste just like the traditional sausage balls made with Bisquick! This recipe makes 28 sausage balls with each ball coming in at 1 net carb.

Course Snacks

Cuisine American

Keyword keto sausage balls, low carb snacks, sausage balls

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 25

Total Time 40

Servings sausage balls

Calories 457kcal

Author Karly Campbell

Equipment

Ingredients

For the sausage balls:

1 pound breakfast sausage
4 ounces cream cheese room temperature
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 large egg
¾ cup almond flour
1 tablespoon dried minced onions
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt

For the dip:

2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 tablespoon stone ground mustard
1 teaspoon dill

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray.
Add all ingredients to a mixing bowl and stir until well combined.
Use a medium cookie scoop to drop balls of the sausage mixture onto the prepared baking sheet about 1 inch apart.
Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.
Whisk together the ingredients for the dip and serve with the sausage balls.
Store leftover sausage balls tightly covered in the refrigerator.

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Notes

Using a medium sized cookie scoop ensures you get the same size each time, which helps the sausage balls cook more evenly.

Add more or less msutard to the dip, depending on your personal tastes.

These taste great hot from the oven, at room temperature, or cold from the fridge.

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