Pumpkin Hush Puppy Meatballs

• 1-1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
• 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin
• 2 green onions, sliced
• 1 tablespoon seeded jalapeno pepper, minced
• 1-1/2 pounds bulk Italian sausage
• 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, cubed and softened
• Jalapeno pepper jelly

1. Preheat oven to 375u0b0. Whisk together first five ingredients. Stir in pumpkin, green onions and jalapeno. Add sausage, Jack cheese and cream cheese; mix lightly but thoroughly.
2. With wet hands, shape mixture into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place on parchment paper-lined 15x10x1-in. pans.
3. Bake until cooked through, 40-45 minutes, rotating pans halfway.
4. Serve with pepper jelly.

yellow cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, cayenne pepper, pumpkin, green onions, pepper, italian sausage, shredded monterey, cream cheese, pepper jelly

Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/pumpkin-hush-puppy-meatballs/ (may not work)