Bigfatmomma's Slow-cooked Meat Sauce

• 1 12 lbs ground beef or 1 12 lbs ground turkey
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 ounces mushrooms, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons molasses
• 1 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 12 teaspoon pepper
• 14 teaspoon dried rubbed sage
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 14 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 2 medium bay leaves
• 3 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 12 cup grated parmesan cheese

1. Saute tomato, mushrooms, garlic, onion in the butter, olive oil and molasses, until soft.
2. Place this mixture into a crockpot.
3. Brown the beef in a non-stick pan until no longer pink, and drain.
4. Pour on top of onion mixture in crockpot.
5. Pour tomato sauce into crockpot.
6. Add spices, bay leaves and cheese, and stir to mix evenly.
7. Slow-cook on low for 2-3 hours, stirring twice, or alternately, cook over very low heat on stovetop, stirring occasionally so that the cheese doesn't burn.
8. Serve over thick pasta.

ground beef, butter, olive oil, mushrooms, onion, garlic, molasses, tomatoes, red pepper, pepper, sage, basil, oregano, rosemary, bay leaves, tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/bigfatmommas-slow-cooked-meat-sauce-113888 (may not work)