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From Scratch Baked Meatballs

December 17, 2013 by Brittany 5 Comments

Spaghetti is one of the staple dinners in our house, we have it about every other week. Spaghetti wouldn’t be the same without great baked meatballs.

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Spaghetti is one of the greatest meals ever for so many reasons. It makes the best leftovers and lots of them! It’s full of delicious pasta. It’s super cheap to make. The entire family loves spaghetti. When I make spaghetti I always lose track of how many meatballs Aliceana gobbles up, it’s a lot.

best from scratch baked meatballs

When making meatballs I let my Kitchenaid mixer do all of the work. I just chop up onions and mince garlic and the rest is all mixed up then baked in the oven.

Make sure to spray the tinfoil before baking, you don’t want your meatballs sticking! I use extra virgin olive oil in this mister to keep things healthier.

oven ready baked meatballs

Once these are baked you can simmer them in your favorite sauce, or eat them plain. There’s always quite a few that are eaten straight off the pan, we can’t help it. These taste great!

from scratch baked meatballs

Here’s the super simple recipe for from scratch baked meatballs.

 

From Scratch Baked Meatballs

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound ground beef thawed
  • Half of a small onion
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350*. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with cooking spray.
  2. Chop onion into bite sized chunks, mince garlic.
  3. Combine all ingredients by hand or using a stand up mixer on low speed.
  4. Form into 1 inch balls and place onto prepared baking sheet.
  5. Bake for 30 minutes until cooked through to center.

 

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  1. Karen Glatt

    December 25, 2013 at 1:30 pm

    You have to toes in the ingredients, I think you mean two cloves of garlic? These meatballs look easy, and yummy. There is ground beef on sales and i am going to make these! thanks for the recipe!

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  2. Joyce Waite

    January 25, 2018 at 2:30 am

    iS THIS RECIPE SUPPOSE TO HAVE CLOVES INSTEAD OF TOES? SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS

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    • Brittany Belling

      January 25, 2018 at 6:10 am

      Actually, toes and cloves of garlic are the same thing. It’s just a different way of saying them, just like some people call the whole garlic a head or a bulb.

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