Festive Cranberry Sauce Meatballs are a fabulous holiday appetizer and a great way to use up those stray cans of cranberry sauce.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Keyword cranberry meatballs
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 48meatballs
Calories 77kcal
Author Robin Gagnon
Ingredients
Meatballs:
1poundextra lean ground beef
1poundmild country sausage
1cupquick oats
½cuponionfinely diced
1egg
⅔cupevaporated milk
1teaspoonsalt
¼teaspoonground black pepper
¼teaspoongarlic powder
½teaspoonchili powder
Cranberry BBQ Sauce:
14ouncecan jellied cranberry sauce
12ouncebottle chili sauce
2tablespoonsbrown sugarpacked
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the ingredients for the meatballs. Shape the meat mixture into 1 ½ inch balls and place on a large baking sheet greased with non-stick cooking spray. Bake the meatballs for 15-20 minutes at 350F until browned and cooked through.
While the meatballs are baking, prepare the cranberry BBQ sauce. In a medium sauce pan, combine the ingredients for the sauce, then cook over medium heat until the sauce begins to simmer. Cover with a lid and simmer on low for 10 minutes, stirring often.
When the meatballs are finished baking, remove them from the baking sheet and arrange into a 9×13 inch glass baking dish. Spoon the BBQ sauce over the meatballs.
Bake the meatballs at 350F for 10-15 minutes.
Notes
You can also make this recipe for cranberry meatballs with 2 pounds of packaged frozen meatballs, rather than from scratch.