Crock Pot BBQ Cocktail Sausage (Printable)

Mini smoked sausages in sweet tangy barbecue sauce with apricot jam. Perfect party appetizer for any occasion.

# What You'll Need:

→ Sausages

01 - 2 lbs cocktail smoked sausages

→ Sauce

02 - 1 cup barbecue sauce
03 - 1 cup apricot jam or preserves
04 - 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
05 - 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
06 - 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
07 - 1/4 tsp black pepper

# How To Make It:

01 - In a medium bowl, whisk together barbecue sauce, apricot jam, Dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper until smooth.
02 - Place the cocktail sausages in the crock pot.
03 - Pour the sauce mixture over the sausages and stir to coat evenly.
04 - Cover and cook on LOW for 2 hours, stirring halfway through, until sausages are heated through and the sauce is bubbling.
05 - Serve warm with toothpicks directly from the crock pot or transfer to a serving dish.

# Expert Suggestions:

01 -
  • It cooks itself while you do literally anything else, and your house smells like a backyard barbecue in January.
  • The sweet and tangy sauce clings to every sausage so perfectly that people will ask if you catered.
02 -
  • Don't skip the halfway stir or the sausages on top will hog all the sauce while the ones on the bottom get lonely.
  • If your apricot jam has big chunks of fruit, whisk it harder or warm it slightly first so it blends smoothly into the sauce.
03 -
  • Line your crockpot with a slow cooker liner if you hate scrubbing sticky sauce off ceramic, and cleanup becomes a thirty second job.
  • Double the sauce recipe if you're feeding a crowd, because people will absolutely spoon extra sauce over crackers or bread when the sausages run out.
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