{"id":610,"date":"2026-01-12T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=610"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:02:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:02:34","slug":"610","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/610\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Rotel Cream Cheese Sausage Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Rotel Cream Cheese Sausage Balls<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a0Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 lb (16 oz) breakfast sausage (regular or hot), uncooked<\/li>\n<li>1 (8 oz) block cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 (10 oz) can Rotel (diced tomatoes with green chilies), <strong>drained very well<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2 cups Bisquick (or any baking mix)<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd cups shredded cheddar cheese (sharp is best)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon garlic powder (optional)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon onion powder (optional)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon black pepper (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Preheat oven<\/strong> to 375\u00b0F (190\u00b0C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, combine the <strong>raw sausage<\/strong> and <strong>softened cream cheese<\/strong> until well mixed.<\/li>\n<li>Add the <strong>drained Rotel<\/strong> and mix again.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in the <strong>Bisquick<\/strong>, <strong>shredded cheddar<\/strong>, and seasonings until fully combined.<\/li>\n<li>Roll the mixture into <strong>1-inch balls<\/strong> and place them on the baking sheet, slightly spaced apart.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bake for 20\u201325 minutes<\/strong>, or until golden brown and cooked through.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool for 5 minutes, then serve warm.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Drain the Rotel REALLY well to avoid soggy sausage balls.<\/li>\n<li>Want extra heat? Use <strong>hot sausage<\/strong> or add a pinch of cayenne.<\/li>\n<li>These freeze great\u2014bake, cool, freeze, then reheat in the oven.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Rotel Cream Cheese Sausage Balls \u00a0Ingredients 1 lb (16 oz) breakfast sausage (regular or hot), uncooked 1 (8 oz) block&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}