Cranberry-sauced Meatballs Appetizer

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• nonstick cooking spray
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup seasoned dry bread crumb
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries or 1/2 cup golden raisin, snipped
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves or 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 2 lbs uncooked ground turkey
• 1 (16 ounce) can jellied cranberry sauce
• 1 cup bottled barbecue sauce

Recipe

• 1 lightly coat a 15x10x1-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray; set aside. for meatballs, in a very large bowl, beat egg with a fork. stir in bread crumbs, dried cranberries or raisins, onion, salt, garlic powder, and cloves or allspice. add ground chicken or turkey; mix well. shape into 60 meatballs.
• 2 place meatballs in prepared pan. bake in a 350 degree f oven for 15 to 18 minutes or until done (165 degrees f).*.
• 3 meanwhile, in a 3-1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, stir together cranberry sauce and barbecue sauce.
• 4 add cooked meatballs, stirring gently to coat. cover and cook on low-heat setting for 2 to 3 hours or on high-heat setting for 1 to 1-1/2 hours. (meatballs may be kept warm on low-heat setting for up to 1 hour more.) serve with toothpicks. makes 60 meatballs.