A whimsical after school snack which is sure to please hungry kids Serve with extra BBQ sauce and a cold glass of milk
Prep Time
1 hr 15 mins
Dificult
Medium
Servings
6
Ingredients
Instructions
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.
Cook's Notes:
Pair with a glass of chilled
