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BBQ Meatballs with Pepper and Cheese Animal Cut-Outs
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"A whimsical after school snack which is sure to please hungry kids. Serve with extra BBQ sauce and a cold glass of milk."
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Ingredients
1 h 15 m servings 413 calsOriginal recipe yields 6 servings (25 meatballs)
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Soak pieces of torn bread in the milk in a bowl for 5 minutes. Gently squeeze out milk. Add beaten egg to the soaked bread and mix well.
- Mix garlic powder, onion powder, parsley, salt, Italian herb seasoning, sugar, and Parmesan cheese together in a small bowl. Add to bread-egg mixture.
- Place ground beef in a mixing bowl. Add seasoning mixture and onions; mix together with a fork. If mixture is too dry, add up to a tablespoon of milk. Roll into 25 meatballs and arrange on rimmed baking sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven until browned and cooked through, about 18 minutes.
- Drain meatballs on a paper towel. Remove grease from the baking sheet. Transfer meatballs back to the baking sheet. Drizzle 1 cup BBQ sauce over meatballs.
- Return sheet to oven and bake 12 more minutes.
- Use a small animal vegetable cutter to make animals out of green, orange, and red peppers. Cut animals out of Colby Jack and mild Cheddar cheese.
- Drain meatballs on a paper towel and add more BBQ sauce if desired. Add cheese animal cut-out and then animal pepper cut-out to the toothpicks. Work quickly to add toothpick to each meatball.
Footnotes
- Cook's Notes:
- Pair with a glass of chilled, organic whole milk.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 413 calories; 24 g fat; 25.5 g carbohydrates; 23.3 g protein; 113 mg cholesterol; 1011 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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11/20/2016
These meatballs are fantastic! The peppers and cheese made Avery nice addition. I made these for a snack for game day and they were quickly gobbled up. It was just adults, so I used a spicy BBQ ...
11/13/2016
Really good meatballs with the perfect amount of spices for me. So many different types of cut-outs can be used or nothing at all! Makes a perfect dinner or cute appetizer. I followed the timing...
11/1/2016
What fun! I couldn't wait to make these for my kids' Halloween parties. I used ghost, pumpkin, skull, and bat cookie cutters. To make them ahead of time, I didn't bake the bbq sauce onto the mea...