Sweet & Sour Meatballs New EnglandStyle

INGREDIENTS:

Meatballs:

2 lbs. lean ground beef (can use 1/2 beef and 1/2 turkey)
1 package Lipton Beefy Onion Soup Mix
1 cup flavored bread crumbs
3 eggs
garlic powder, salt & pepper to taste.

Mix together meatball ingredients and shape into small meatballs and place into a good size baking pan.

Sweet and Sour Sauce:

1 bottle Heinz chili sauce
1 bottle of water (use chili sauce bottle)
1/2-3/4 cup brown sugar
1 can whole berry cranberry sauce
1/4 c. red wine (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

Mix together ingredients for sweet & sour sauce in a sauce pan and simmer until well blended.

Pour sweet and sour sauce over meatballs. Bake 2 1/2 hours at 350 degrees turning meatballs every half hour.

Meatballs can be kept warm in a slow cooker or a crock pot.

This recipe also freezes well.

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