Cinnamon Meatballs

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  • Prep Time

    20 mins

  • Cook Time

    50 mins

  • Total Time

    1 hr 10 mins

  • Servings

    4

  • Calories

    528 kcal

  • Course

    Main Course

  • Cuisine

    Italian

Cinnamon Meatballs

These baked cinnamon meatballs with marinara sauce are comfort food at its best.

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Ingredients

Servings

For the meatballs:

  • 6 tablespoons sour cream full-fat
  • 2 tablespoons milk whole
  • 2 cups white sandwich bread cubes, about 2 slices
  • 1 pound ground beef 80%-90% lean
  • 2 tablespoons parsley finely chopped, fresh
  • 1 egg large
  • 2 garlic large cloves, peeled and minced or pressed
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

For the marinara sauce:

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ¼ cup onion finely diced, white or yellow; about ⅓ of a small onion
  • ½ cup red wine dry
  • 1 crushed tomatoes 28 ounces, canned
  • 1 tablespoon oregano dried
  • 1 tablespoon parsley chopped, fresh
  • salt
  • black pepper

Instructions

For the meatballs:

  1. Mix sour cream and milk together. Soak the bread cubes in the mix for about 10 minutes.
  2. In a separate bowl, mix beef, parsley, egg, garlic, salt and cinnamon with a large fork.*
  3. Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  4. Add the soaked bread cubes to the meat and mash everything together.
  5. Form the meat into 18 to 20 meatballs.** Set them directly onto non-stick baking sheets. (No need to grease the sheets.)
  6. Bake the meatballs for 20 minutes.

For the marinara sauce:

  1. Heat the olive oil in a pan or Dutch oven.
  2. Add the onions and saute for a few minutes, until they are starting to soften.
  3. Add wine, tomatoes and oregano.
  4. Add the meatballs to the sauce.
  5. Bring to a boil, then turn down the heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 10 to 15 minutes, until the sauce has cooked down to the desired thickness.
  6. Stir in the parsley and season with salt and pepper.
  7. Serve the meatballs and sauce with spaghetti, crusty bread or in meatball sandwiches.

Notes

  • *I like to use a serving fork for this step. It's large and sturdy enough to mash everything together easily.
  • **Use about 2 tablespoons of the mix per meatball.
  • Storage instructions:
  • Store any leftover meatballs and sauce together in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days. You can also transfer the meatballs and sauce into a freezer bag and freeze.
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