Oven Meatballs

This is a combination of Martha Stewart's and Dolores Heiden's meatball recipes. They are good with a barbecue sauce for appetizers or with marinara sauce for spaghetti and meatballs.

Quantity	Unit	Ingredient
1.5	cups	Italian bread crumbs or oatmeal
13	ounces	evaporated milk
1		onion	finely chopped
6	cloves	garlic	finely chopped
5	pounds	ground beef
1	pound	ground Italian sausage
4		eggs
3	Tablespoons	parsley
1.5	cups	parmesan cheese	grated
1	teaspoon	salt
0.5	teaspoon	pepper
1	teaspoon	chili powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl lightly mix the bread crumbs or oatmeal, milk, onion, garlic, ground meats, eggs, parsley, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and chili powder.

Moisten hands with water, and roll meat mixture into 1 inch balls. Place on a baking sheets.

If desired, pour barbecue sauce over some of the meatballs before baking.

Bake for 30 - 40 minutes or until no longer pink in center.

For barbecue sauce: combine 2 cups catsup, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1 Tablespoon Liquid Smoke, and 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder.