Cranberry glazed meatballs jazz up any party with a savory and sweet cranberry glaze making holiday entertaining easy and delicious.
Cranberry Glazed Meatballs
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
My recipe of the day is for cranberry glazed meatballs with Cranberry Week- all week long I will be posting recipes utilizing this famously tart autumn fruit along with other bloggers.
Normally I’d get in trouble for using ready to serve meatballs in such an easy recipe for a party. But I have to be honest with you here. This is one of those recipes I like to have on hand for last minute hostessing, when I don’t really have time. Or maybe I already have worked hard on other foods and just want to toss something easy into the ring to help things along.
Easy Holiday Recipes
Because holidays shouldn’t be about stressing yourself out or working yourself to the bone, or having your ankle chained to the kitchen. So it is okay, and quite acceptable to take certain shortcuts.
Or perhaps you’d like to make meatballs ahead and freeze them. Then thaw for this. That still takes some planning, but if you’d like some of my recipes for meatballs, here are a couple that would work: Italian meatballs and Albondigas.
Cranberry Week
It’s Cranberry Week! See all the other delicious cranberry recipes being shared today (and follow #cranberryweek to see even more):
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- Chocolate Cranberry Blondies from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Cranberry Apple Flan from The Freshman Cook
- Cranberry Breakfast Smoothie from Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
- Cranberry Crescent Rolls with Maple Icing from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
- Cranberry Curd Tart from Savory Moments
- Cranberry Glazed Meatballs from Palatable Pastime (You are Here!)
- Cranberry Mule from The Spiffy Cookie
- Cranberry Nut Cream Cheese Ball from Our Crafty Mom
- Cranberry Orange Scones from Caroline’s Cooking
- Cranberry Orange Sweet Rolls from Cookaholic Wife
- Cranberry Pecan Mini Cheeseballs from Cheese Curd In Paradise
- Gin & {Cranberry-Orange} Jam Cocktail from Books n’ Cooks
- Sparkling Cranberry Brie Bites from Sweet Beginnings
- Turkey Nachos with Cranberry Salsa from A Day in the Life on the Farm
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Cranberry Glazed Meatballs
Cranberry Glazed Meatballs
Ingredients
- 28 ounces fully cooked meatballs (2 bags)
- 12 ounce bottle Heinz chili sauce
- 1 cup jellied cranberry sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Lipton onion soup mix
Instructions
- Stir together sauce in a large skillet and add heated meatballs.
- Simmer until the onions from the soup mix soften, about fifteen minutes.
Notes
Cranberry Glazed Meatballs
I always have a bag of prepared meatballs in the freezer. They are perfect for unexpected company or spur of the moment invites. Love the sauce you created.
Yum! The perfect savory cranberry-inspired snack! And I’m totally the person that makes double the meatballs and freezes them…I hate doing all of that work for just one batch!!!