Cinnamon Meatballs

Have your meatball meals become mundane? This sums up how my family felt. They always liked eating meatballs, but it was one of those meals that become a go-to one to many times. There was nothing special or exciting about eating them for the 1000th time. With some spice changes, you can still do the same old meatballs but totally change up the experience.

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Cinnamon Meatballs

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

• 2 lbs Ground Beef
• 1 large Red Onion, diced
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 Eggs
• 1.5 tbsp Cinnamon
• 1 tbsp Ground Basil
• 1 tbsp oregano
• 1 tsp Allspice
• 1 tsp Sea Salt
• .5 cups Corn Flake Crumbs
• 1/3 cup Pine Nuts optional
• 1/3 stick Butter optional

Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Servings people Ingredients 2 lbs Ground Beef 1 large Red Onion, diced 3 tbsp olive oil 2 Eggs 1.5 tbsp Cinnamon 1 tbsp Ground Basil 1 tbsp oregano 1 tsp Allspice 1 tsp Sea Salt .5 cups Corn Flake Crumbs 1/3 cup Pine Nuts optional 1/3 stick Butter optional

Instructions

1. Combine meat, onions, eggs, corn flake crumbs/panko, and spices. Add pine nuts here if adding.
2. Form meat mixture into balls, about 2 inches in size. Basically just tad bigger than a golf ball.
3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and preheat your pan.
4. Brown meat balls on all sides in pan and add to dutch oven or sheet. You will probably need to go in batches if you're doing the full recipe. Over medium-medium heat heat, I usually turn these in 1:00 to 1:30 intervals.
5. Optional, cut a little slice of butter on each meatball and sprinkle with some extra cinnamon.
6. bake meatballs for 10 minutes and serve.
7. Serve