Party Italian Sausage Balls

Ingredients:

3-cups Bisquick® Mix
1-pound Owens® hot bulk pork sausage
2-tablespoons Italian seasoning
1/2-cup Milk
5-cups Shredded Parmesan Cheese (don't use the powdered cheese - fresh grated is best)

Marina sauce for dipping if desired

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350°. Spray bottom and sides of 9 x 13 pans with cooking spray. Mix all ingredients together and shape into 1 inch balls placing on sprayed pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove immediately from pan and serve warm with dipping sauce.

Note: This recipe can be made ahead 24 hours, covered and refrigerated or can be frozen up to one month.

This recipe makes approximately 8 dozen balls.

Every time I make these they are gone first and well before any of the rest of the food in the room and it doesn't matter if its a holiday with family or a party with family, friends and strangers they are a huge hit. I have a recipe book coming out in March of 2008 and it is all recipes for sausage balls. I love the sausage balls because they are such a huge hit, you can make them ahead and freeze them. The great thing about freezing them is you can cook them all at a later time or cook just a few here and there when you want or need them. Another fantastic thing about these wonderful sausage balls is they are so easy to transport to other party's and functions. When I hold a seminar or meeting for work I make sausage balls and take. I take a couple of different recipes and one of them is always sweet which replaces the doughnuts that a lot of us like.

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