Bbq Beef Brisket

Total Time: 6 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 lbs beef brisket, trimmed (3-5 lb brisket can be used)
• 1 1/4 ounces lipton onion soup mix (1-2 packets)
• 18 ounces barbecue sauce (i use kraft original bbq, use your favorite)
• 1 (15 ounce) can cranberry sauce, jellied
• 12 gingersnap cookies (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 250°.
• 2 line roasting pan with enough aluminum foil to fully cover brisket (make sure the ends also have enough foil to keep the juices in the foil).
• 3 lay the brisket flat in the pan with the fat side up.
• 4 cover with soup mix.
• 5 combine cranberry sauce and bbq sauce until blended and pour over brisket.
• 6 if using gingerbread cookies, pulverize in a food processor and spread over brisket.
• 7 seal brisket inside foil, tenting the top up slightly.
• 8 cook for 6-8 hours (can be done overnight). when fork slides into meat easily it is done.
• 9 pour sauce into a container and serve as gravy on the side. let the brisket cool until warm.
• 10 shred with fork and place meat in a crock pot. one hour before serving, add 2 cups water and 1 cup sauce and turn crock pot to low heat.