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Every Fall and Winter I get a craving for sausage cheese balls. My former coworker and still friend, Dana, used to make them for office potlucks and they were to die for! As much as I love them, I had never made them myself, so I started researching.  What better way to start my research than to ask friends and family. When asked for the best sausage cheese ball recipe I got Paula Deen, "mine" (obviously Dana's response) and a few links to recipes from around the web. I scoured countless recipes to review ingredients and preparation. I finally decided on Bisquick or baking mix as the starting point. From there, I pulled onion and cayenne pepper (or ground red pepper) from a Martha Stewart recipe for Sausage Cheddar Balls , then rosemary from another sausage cheese ball recipe.   They were perfect! Let's dive into the details. I concocted this recipe on my own using what I had on hand. These are all pretty common ingredients and only a few at that. These sausage cheese...

Last weekend I picked up ground sausage and cheese in hopes to make sausage balls. I finally got the urge to make them today. When I was searching recipes, I noticed Paula Deen serves hers with a mayonnaise and mustard dipping sauce. That just didn't sound good to me, but after all these years, I've never tried a sausage ball with a dip. I've just eaten them plain. I thought, surely there is something that will compliment a sausage ball without interfering with the flavor. Then I saw the words "Musselman's Apple Butter" while searching the web for sausage ball dips and stumbled upon this gem . I just so happened to have Musselman's Apple Butter on hand, which is unusual for me. I proceeded to gather up what ingredients I had, substitutes for items I didn't have and extra goodies to make it my own Sweet and Savory Apple Butter Onion Dip Recipe. Thanks to A Spicy Perspective , I served this dip with a recipe for sausage balls I concocted using three rec...