Meatballs with Cranberry Sauce Recipe

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With their cranberry dipping sauce, these no-fuss appetizer meatballs make use of traditional Thanksgiving ingredients, so they're ideal around the holiday or anytime you're craving those favorite seasonal tastes.—Ann Baker, Texarkana, Texas

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Meatballs with Cranberry Sauce Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 15 min.

Yield: 36 Servings

25 15 40

Ingredients

3 cups leftover cooked stuffing
1 pound ground turkey
1 pound bulk pork sausage
1 cup jellied cranberry sauce
1/2 cup chili sauce
1/4 cup orange juice
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel

Directions

Place stuffing in a large bowl. Crumble ground turkey and pork sausage over stuffing and mix well. Shape into 2-in. balls. Place on a greased rack in a shallow baking pan. Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°. Drain on paper towels.
Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients; heat through. Serve with meatballs. Yield: 3 dozen (1-1/2 cups sauce).

Nutritional Facts 1 meatball with 2 teaspoons sauce equals 100 calories, 6 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 13 mg cholesterol, 217 mg sodium, 9 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Meatballs with Cranberry Sauce in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2011, p120