Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine ground beef, 1/3 cup ketchup, bread crumbs, egg onion flakes, garlic sale, and black pepper in medium bowl. Mix lightly but thoroughly; shape into 1-inch meatballs. Place meatballs in two 15- x 10-inch jelly-roll pans or shallow roasting pans. Bake 18 minutes or until browned.

Transfer meatballs to slow cooker. Mix remaining 1 cup ketchup, sugar, tomato paste, soy sauce, vinegar, and hot pepper sauce in medium bowl. Pour over meatballs. Cover and cook on LOW 4 hours. Serve with cocktail picks.

This recipe yields about 4 dozen meatballs.

Yield: 4 dozen

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