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bacon cheese balls (sallye)

(1 rating)
grandedame avatar
Recipe by
sallye bates
@grandedame
Austin, TX

This is a fairly basic cheese ball recipe, but oh so good. Try them for your next get-together.

(1 rating)
prep time 1 Hr 10 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For bacon cheese balls (sallye)

  • 10 slice
    bacon
  • 8 oz
    sharp cheddar cheese, grated or shredded
  • 1/2 c
    (1 stick) softened butter
  • 1 tsp
    worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 1/4 tsp
    dry mustard
  • 1 dash
    hot sauce (franks or tabasco)
  • 1-1/4 c
    all-purpose flour

How To Make bacon cheese balls (sallye)

  • 1
    Cook bacon in heavy skillet until crisp. Remove to paper towels or cooling rack to drain. When drained, crumble into a small bowl and set aside.
  • 2
    In large mixing bowl, beat the cheese and butter until well blended. You can do this with a wooden spoon or an electric mixer on low speed.
  • 3
    Add sauce, salt, dry mustard and hot sauce and continue beating until well blended.
  • 4
    With wooden spoon, stir the flour and crumbled bacon into the cheese mixture.
  • 5
    Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • 6
    Shape the dough into 1-1/2" to 2" balls and place on baking sheet. Cover and place in fridge to chill at least one hour
  • 7
    When ready to cook, heat oven to 375º
  • 8
    Remove from fridge, uncover and place sheet loaded with balls in oven for 8-10 minutes until a light golden brown.
  • 9
    Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool.
  • 10
    Good dipping sauce accompaniments are https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/sauce-spread/dip/creamy-jalapeno-dip-sallye.html https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/sauce-spread/dressing/honey-mustard-dressing-by-sallye.html https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/appetizer/seafood-appetizer/touch-of-texas-dip.html
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