Apple Butter Meatballs

Name: Apple Butter Meatballs
Ingredients: ½ pound lean ground beef; ½ pound lean ground turkey or chicken; ½ pound lean ground turkey or chicken; 1 cup breadcrumbs or crushed saltine crackers; 1 cup breadcrumbs or crushed saltine crackers; ½ cup apple butter; ¼ onion, finely chopped; ¼ cup chopped dried apples; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper; Apple Butter Barbecue Sauce

Preparation info

Makes about
2½ dozen

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Apples

By Julia Rutland

Published 2020

About

For entrée servings, top hot buttered noodles with these zesty meatballs. For parties, make the meatballs a little smaller for one-bite servings. Place in a warmed ceramic casserole dish with toothpicks.

Ingredients

½ pound lean ground beef
½ pound lean ground turkey or chicken

Main course

Method

Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil.

Combine beef, turkey, breadcrumbs, apple butter, onion, dried apples, egg, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Use hands to combine mixture, if necessary.

Form mixture into 1½-inch meatballs (about 2 ta