Meat Balls

Meatballs are one of my favorite dishes ever. A dear lady that I used to go to church with made these meat balls and they have always been the best you could put in your mouth. I adapted the recipe for use in the crock pot instead of on the stove top for all you busy Mamas like me out there .

Here's what ya need for the meat balls:

1 lb. ground beef

3/4 c. oatmeal

1 egg

1 medium onion chopped real fine. I like vidalia onions, but you can use a plain ole yeller one if that's all ya got.

salt and pepper to taste

vegetable oil for frying

Here's what ya need for the sauce:

1 (15 oz. can of tomato sauce)

3/4 cup water

1/4 c. apple cider vinegar

1/2 c. light brown sugar

Here's what ya do:

Step 1:

Take all the meatball ingredients and dump 'em in a big bowl. Mix it up with yer' hands. Make sure you mix it all up real good. Now, shape 'em into meat balls. 

Step 2:

 Heat vegetable oil in skillet on about med- med. High heat. 

Step 3: 

Brown the meat balls on all sides . Drain on paper towels.

Step 4:

Put those meat balls into yer' crock pot set on low heat. Dump in all your sauce ingredients and pop the lid on that puppy. Let it cook for 4 hours.

These are the absolute best meat balls ever. Enjoy.