Lynette's Meatballs

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package lipton onion soup mix
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup plain dried breadcrumbs (canister)
• 1 (20 ounce) bottle heinz chili sauce
• 1 cup brown sugar (lightly packed)
• 1 (14 ounce) can ocean spray whole cranberry sauce
• 1 (14 ounce) can franks sauerkraut (do not drain)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 250*f.
• 2 thoroughly mix ingredients 1-4 in a large bowl.
• 3 start to roll 1" balls and place in a un-greased baking pan (i like to use the large rectangle, disposable aluminium pans because it does get very sticky, and i hate the clean up). place balls side by side (single layer) in baking dish until you run out of meatballs.
• 4 thoroughly mix ingredients 5-8 in a separate bowl until brown sugar dissolves. pour the sauce over the meatballs in the baking pan (toss to coat) and bake un-covered for 2 hours -- really! stir every 30 minutes, but remain in a single layer.
• 5 stir balls again and place in crock-pot on "warm" and put out a slotted spoon with tooth picks on the side.
• 6 do not tell anyone what is in the recipe until after they try them! i've had many that would not try 'em because of the ingredients!
• 7 *note: i have made a batch of these and divided the balls and sauce between a few smaller disposable pie pans, without baking, covered and froze. i write the temp and time to be baked on them and have given them away or saved for our own use later on.
• 8 enjoy!