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Appetizers
Skinny Pigs in a Blanket
Yield: 16 pigs in blankets
2½ cups reduced-fat all-purpose
baking mix
¾ cup low-fat milk
8 reduced-fat chicken or turkey
hot dogs, cut in half
Directions:
1. Spray Liner Pan with non-stick
spray.
2. Combine baking mix and milk in
bowl until soft dough forms.
3. Turn onto surface, lightly
sprinkled with baking mix, and
knead.
4. Roll dough into 8x12-inch
rectangle.
5. Cut dough into 8 squares.
6. Cut each square in half to form 2
triangles.
7. Starting from narrow end, wrap
each triangle around hot dog
half.
8. Place in Liner Pan.
9. Bake at 350°F for 15-17 minutes.
Tip: You can serve with spicy
mustard for added flavor.
Tip: You can make this using
premade crescent dinner rolls.
Sweet & Sour Cocktail Meatballs
Serves: 20
4 slices hearty white sandwich
bread, torn into pieces
½ cup milk
2 large eggs
½ pound ground pork
½ cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pepper
2½ pounds lean ground beef
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion, minced
1 (28-ounce) can tomato sauce
2½ cups apricot preserves
¼ cup packed dark brown sugar
3 tablespoons Worcestershire
sauce
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
Directions:
1. Using fork, mash bread, milk
and egg yolks in large bowl until
smooth.
2. Add pork, parsley, garlic, salt and
pepper; mix until incorporated.
3. Add beef and knead until
combined.
4. Form mixture into 1¼-inch
meatballs (makes about 80).
5. Place meatballs on 3-inch rack
and bake at 350°F for 7-8
minutes per side.
6. While meatballs bake, place
tomato sauce, apricot preserves,
brown sugar, Worcestershire
sauce, mustard and red pepper
flakes in 3-quart sauce pan and
mix well.
7. Heat sauce at 275˚F to achieve
simmer.
8. Let simmer for 15-20 minutes.
9. Place meatballs in sauce to coat,
then place in chafing dish or in
Liner Pan to serve.
Tip: Unless you have the Extender
Ring Kit, you will need to bake
the meatballs in stages. With
the Extender Ring Kit, both the
1-inch and 2-inch racks to
place the meatballs on each
layer.
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