I was intrigued by this recipe thinking it was very similar to the Jimmy Dean one that uses sausage baking mix and cheddar cheese. Boy was I disappointed even after taking the other reviews about reducing the water and lack of pizzazz into account. =( I think I would take the other recipe which calls for 2lbs sausage and only 1 1/2 cups of baking mix and modify it with italian seasonings and much less pizza sauce if I were making it again. Some things I did find useful and would help address the "messiness issue" I had to put the mixture in the fridge as I was interrupted in making them. I also used my small cookie ball scoop to get it out of the bowl and shape them onto the baking sheet. I put mine out on foil and they were rather difficult to remove once done.
okay recipe; doesn't remind me of pizza exactly. needs a little more to spice it up. regardless easy to put together although very messy when forming the balls -- i found that after forming about 10 balls running my hands under cold water then going back to forming made it a lot easier (and less messy). as far as adding in the 1 cup of water less is better -- i put in maybe a 1/4 cup and ended up having add in more baking mix to even it out. if you wet your hands to form and completely omit the 1 cup in the recipe maybe it would all work fine.
A nice change of pace from plain old meatballs or cocktail meatballs. I used hot sausage and did not even need to use the water. The never really browned even afte leaving them in a few extra minutes
These were the first thing to go at our Super Bowl party. Making them was pretty messy but they were worth it.
I just took these out of the oven and tried them...fantastic. I deviated from the recipe some. I mixed hot and sweet Italian sausage added only 1/2 green pepper did't add the water and probably only added 1 1/2 C. of baking mix. I plan to freeze them on a baking pan throw them in a freezer ziplock and when I serve them Christmas Eve I will put them in a chafing dish with additional pizza sauce. Thanks for a great recipe.
This app was yummy to eat but a mess to make. Very sticky.
I made these for a Super bowl party and was very disappointed. Everyone seemed to enjoy them but they were very lacking in flavor. It says 10 servings but not how many per serving so I doubled the recipe big mistake...I had about 200.Very messy to make and they stick bad to cookie sheets.
I prepared this recipe for an office party. It was a big hit. In addition to the Pizza Balls I warmed a bowl of pizza sauce for dipping.
I made these for a church get-together and they were a hit! Very easy to make and very good. I used hot Italian sausage and omitted the onion and green bell pepper.
