Homemade Crock Pot Meatballs

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Have you ever wanted to make your own meatballs? This Homemade Crock Pot Meatballs recipe from Gooseberry Patch’s Mom Knows Best Cookbook is so simple and de-licious!

Aunt Lou here.

I’m a cheapskate through and through. I am always on the lookout for a sale or a cheaper way to do something. So when I saw these Homemade Crock Pot Meatballs, I knew I wanted to try them. I love meatball recipes, but cringe when I see the price on a package of frozen meatballs (yes, I am that cheap!).

I always thought making meatballs would be hard though, so I never even attempted it. Then this recipe came across my path, and I realized it was a cinch!

Homemade Crock Pot Meatballs

We use a lot of ground turkey around here. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love ground beef. It just isn’t always in the budget, so we substitute with ground turkey.

I made this recipe with ground turkey, but I will warn you that it makes forming the meatballs a little harder than it would be with ground beef just because of the consistency of ground turkey. (But they were still delicious!) Next time I make them, it will be with ground beef though.

If you prefer ground turkey, just add an additional 1/4 cup of oats to the mix (for 1 cup oats total) to help make it easier to form your meatballs.

Homemade Crock Pot Meatballs

Simple homemade meatball recipe that cRocks the pot!

5 from 1 vote

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Course: Appetizer

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 8 hours hours

Total Time: 8 hours hours 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 servings

Author: Aunt Lou

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Ingredients

• 3/4 cup old fashioned oats
• 3 Tablespoon onion finely chopped
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup bbq sauce
• 2 Tablespoons brown sugar packed
• mashed potatoes

Instructions

• Mix together your oats, onion, milk, salt and pepper in a large bowl and set aside
• In another bowl, mix together your ketchup, water, brown sugar and bbq sauce
• Take your ground beef and crumble it over your oat mixture
• Mix the beef and mixture well and form into 1 inch balls
• Place meatballs in your crock pot
• Pour your ketchup mixture over your meatballs
• Cover and cook on low for 8 hours
• Serve your meatballs over mashed potatoes

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 Slow Cooker Recommendation

I used my Hamilton Beach Programmable Insulated Slow Cooker for this recipe. Your favorite 5-6 quart will work too!

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