Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 1 cup ground pecans
  • 5 eggs, or more if needed
  • 2 cups shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese
  • 1 tablespoon minced onion, or to taste
  • Italian seasoning, or to taste
  • 1 cup crushed cornflakes cereal
  • 1 teaspoon salt (optional)
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1/4 cup grated onion
  • 1 (12 ounce) jar apricot jam
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch rectangular baking dish with cooking spray.
  • Mix the ground pecans, eggs, Colby-Jack cheese, minced onion, Italian seasoning, cornflake crumbs, and salt in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Add another egg if mixture isn't holding together. Shape the mixture into balls, and place into the prepared baking dish.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until browned and set, about 45 minutes.
  • Mix together the vegetable oil, vinegar, ketchup, grated onion, apricot jam, and oregano together in a bowl until smooth; pour the sauce over the baked pecan balls, and return to oven until the sauce is bubbling, 5 to 10 more minutes.