Cocktail Meatballs Grape Jelly Recipe



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   Recipe from the first lady in 1975, Mrs. Gerald Ford and a Recipe from the Vice Presidents wife in 1975, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.

Enjoy recipes from an old cookbook made years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House during that time.

Cocktail Meatballs Grape Jelly Recipe


Cocktail Meatballs Recipe

   Ingredients required
1 lb ground beef
1/2 cup dried bread crumbs
1/3 cup milk
1 egg
1tbsp snipped parsley
1/3 cup minced onions
one teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup shortening
1-12 oz bottle of Heinz chili sauce
1-10 Oz jar Welch's grape jelly

Preheat oven 375 degrees

Instructions for Cocktail Meatballs

   Cocktail sausages: Substitute 4 jars (4 1/2 oz each) cocktail sausages for meatballs, simmer in jelly mixture 20 minutes.
Mix ground beef, bread crumbs, onion, milk, egg and next four ingredients; gently shape into one-inch balls. Melt shortening in large skillet;
brown meatballs. Remove meatballs from skillet; pour off fat. Heat chili sauce and jelly in skillet, stirring constantly, until jelly is melted. Add meatballs and stir until thoroughly coated. Simmer uncovered 30 minutes. Makes five dozen appetizers.

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Baking Abbreviations
tsp. - teaspoon
Tbsp. - tablespoon
C. - cup
pt. - pint
qt. - quart
pk. - peck
bu. - bushel
oz. - ounce, ounces
lb. - pound, pounds
sq. - square
min. - minute, minutes
hr. - hour, hours
mod. - moderate, moderately
doz. - dozen
Simplified Measures
dash - less than 1/8 teaspoon
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoon = 1 cup
1 cup = 1/2 pint
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints (4 cups) = 1 quart
4 quarts(liquid) = 1 gallon
8 quarts(solid) = 1 peck
4 pecks = 1 bushel
16 ounces = 1 pound
2 tablespoon = 1/4 cup
5 1/3 tablespoons = 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
10 2/3 tablespoons = 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
14 tablespoons = 7/8 cup