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BettyCrocker Recipe by BettyCrocker Member since May, 2009
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Slow Cooker Cranberry Barbecue Meatballs

Slow Cooker Cranberry Barbecue Meatballs

Cranberry-orange sauce adds a twist to these fix-and-forget appetizer meatballs everyone will love!
Prep Time: 10 min Total Time: 3 hrs 10 min Servings: 24 servings

Ingredients

  • 1  cup barbecue sauce
  • 1/2  cup (from 9.2-ounce jar) cranberry-orange sauce
  • 1/2  teaspoon ground mustard
  • 1/2  teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2  teaspoon salt
  • 2  packages (16 ounces each) frozen meatballs, thawed
  • 2  tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Directions

  1. 11 Mix all ingredients except meatballs and parsley in 2- to 2 1/2-quart slow cooker until well blended. Add cold meatballs.
  2. 22 Cover and cook on low heat setting 2 to 3 hours or until thoroughly heated. Stir in parsley.
  3. 33 Serve meatballs with cocktail forks or toothpicks. Meatballs will hold on low heat setting up to 2 hours; stir occasionally.

Tips & Techniques

  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft)

    No changes.

  • Substitution

    You can substitute frozen cranberry-orange sauce for the shelf-stable type. Just thaw before using.

  • Success

    These meatballs are great to bring to a gathering. Just place them in the slow cooker and plug them in when you get to your destination. You're ready to go without using the host’s precious oven space!

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