Cheesy Slow-Cooker Meatballs and Twisted Gar

By jab120638

Ingredients

• Meatballs and Sauce
• 1 1/2 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
• 1/2 cup Progresso™ Italian style bread crumbs
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 5 mozzarella cheese sticks, cut into small pieces
• 1 jar (24 oz) tomato pasta sauce
• Pasta
• 1 package (l lb) pasta
• Twisted Garlic Bread Skewers
• 1 can Pillsbury™ refrigerated classic pizza crust
• 12 bamboo skewers
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes
• Drizzle of olive o

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from pillsbury.com

Preparation

Step 1

n large bowl, mix beef, bread crumbs, milk egg, salt and pepper with hands until well combined. Shape mixture into small balls about the size of a Ping-Pong ball.
2
With finger, make hole in 1 ball but do not go all the way through. Place 1 piece of cheese in hole; enclose cheese by pinching hole back together. Repeat with remaining beef mixture and cheese pieces.
3
Spray 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Pour pasta sauce into cooker. Place meatballs in sauce.
4
Cover; cook on Low heat setting 4 hours.
5
About 25 to 30 minutes before meatballs are done, cook pasta as directed on package; drain.
6
To make Twisted Garlic Bread Skewers, heat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet with shortening or spray with cooking spray.
7
Unroll pizza crust onto cookie sheet. Use pizza cutter to cut 12 even strips of dough about 1 inch in width. Twist dough strip around each skewer, trying not to overlap dough too much.
8
Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
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