Thank you to my sister Wendy for recommending that I try them! I have made them with grape jelly before, but this recipe using cranberry sauce is the best. Since lemons are so expensive (.89 for 1), I used store-brand lemon juice in a bottle. This juice is also undetectably useful in hollandaise sauce.
2 lb frozen meatballs (Ikea's Swedish meatballs)
1 16oz can cranberry sauce
1 12oz jar chili sauce
2 Tb brown sugar
3 tsp lemon juice
Cook the meatballs according to package instructions (450ยบ for 15 minutes).
Meanwhile, pour the sauce ingredients into the crock pot set on high. Break up the cranberry sauce.Add the meatballs, stir to cover with sauce and cook on high for 2 hours.
This photo was taken just after the meatballs were added. The sauce breaks down and they shrink a bit once they've been cooked in the pot for a couple hours. YUM!
Use a large serving spoon or fancy picks to serve them.