Frances Reynolds Johnston’s Swedish Meatballs

Ingredients
Meat
Amount	Ingredients
2 lbs	Ground beef, fresh not frozen
2 slices	White bread, stale or toasted
2	eggs
½ cup	Water
	Milk
1	Bay leaf
24-30	Ginger Snaps, crushed
To taste	Salt
To taste	Black pepper
To taste	Ground ginger
Dash	Nutmeg
2 cans	Mushroom soup
1 soup can	Water
1 soup can	Milk
1 can	Mushrooms
Directions
Preparation
Pre-heat oven to 350 ° F. Soak bread in milk, not too much just enough to soften it. Add eggs, milk toast, salt, pepper, 4 ginger snaps and nutmeg to meat. Mix well. If meat is too sticky add some plain bread crumbs. Roll into small meatballs. Cover cookie sheet with Reynolds wrap. Be sure it has a lip to contain grease. Bake in oven approximately 25 minutes. Turn once for even browning. In large Dutch oven, heat 2 cans of mushroom soup, water and milk. Add can of mushrooms. Fresh mushrooms can be substituted. Add 20 crushed ginger snaps, if not gingery enough add more to taste. Be sure it does not boil. Spoon meatballs into heated gravy. Cook under very low heat for 30-45 minutes. Stir often. Stir gently so to meatballs do not break up. Add water if gravy gets to thick. Scrap bottom of pot so that it does not burn. These can be served as hors d'oeuvre or with flat egg noodles as a main dish.