Grandma’s Applesauce Meatballs

Prep Time:
20 mins

Cook Time:
45 mins

Total Time:
1 hr 5 mins

Servings:
6

Ingredients

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.

Whisk together milk and egg in a large bowl until well combined. Stir in croutons and let sit to allow croutons to soak up milk mixture, about 2 minutes. Lightly stir in applesauce, Cheddar cheese, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper. Mix in ground beef with your hands until thoroughly combined. Form mixture into 1 1/2-inch balls and place into the prepared baking dish.

Add condensed soup and evaporated milk to the same bowl; whisk until well combined. Pour sauce over meatballs in the baking dish.

Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until sauce is bubbling and thickened and meat is no longer pink in the center, about 45 minutes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese 15 minutes before the end of baking and bake until cheese is melted and beginning to brown. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a meatball should read 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

Cook's Notes

Use 2 cans condensed soup and add 1/4 cup water if you like a lot of gravy; mushroom and onion soups are good, too.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

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