Classic Meatloaf

This Classic Meatloaf recipe is the best I have ever eaten! The topping makes it so delicious!! It’s easy to make and great comfort food. Enjoy this yummy meatloaf tonight.

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This meatloaf is easy and quick to make. It is great for busy weeknight meals. It is also great for Sunday dinner. We like to make scalloped potatoes as a side for this main dish. A baked, or microwaved potato is also a quick and easy side. Baked Bacon Green Beans is a simple and yummy side to put with this meatloaf recipe.

Cook’s Tips:

It is very important to use ground beef with a low amount of fat. I don’t like my meatloaf to be floating in grease while it cooks. It’s less healthy and just yucky. Also it will yield a smaller meatloaf.

Another tip for making meatloaf (or meatballs) is to use food grade gloves to mix the meatloaf mixture. Not a fan of using my bare hands to mix ground meat with other ingredients. It gets in my nails and is so hard to make sure all of it has been cleaned up before starting on the next part of a meal. Or feeding a baby-which you want no leftover raw meat residue on your fingers!!

Lining the bread pan with foil and then spraying the foil with cooking spray helps the meat not to stick to the pan as badly, helps in clean-up, and being able to lift the meatloaf out of the pan with the foil and placing it on a platter or cutting board to cut is extra helpful, as well.

Ingredients Needed for Classic Meatloaf:

Lean ground beef

Quick oats

Onion

Salt

Eggs

Milk

Ketchup

Brown sugar

Yellow mustard

Instructions for this Classic Meatloaf Recipe:

Combine ground beef, quick oats, chopped onion, salt, eggs, and milk in a bowl.

Press into a bread pan-I cover the pan in foil and spray with cooking spray.

Combine topping ingredients (ketchup, brown sugar, and yellow mustard) and pour over the top of the meat mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Slice, serve, and enjoy.

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One Pan Beef Noodle Casserole

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Bacon Cheeseburger Lettuce Wraps

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Classic Meatloaf

A delicious meatloaf with a flavorful topping.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword beef, comort food, Easy Dinner Recipes, meatloaf

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Servings 6

Author Sweeter With Sugar

Ingredients

Meatloaf Ingredients:

• 1 pound ground beef lean
• 1 cup quick oats
• 1/4 cup onion chopped
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup milk

Topping Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbsp mustard

Instructions

1. Combine ground beef, quick oats, chopped onion, salt, eggs, and milk in a bowl. Mix well.

2. Press meat mixture into a bread pan. I like to cover the bread pan with foil and coat the foil with cooking spray.

3. Combine topping ingredients and pour over the top of the meat mixture.

4. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Slice, serve, and enjoy!!

Other Delicious Ground Meat Recipes on our Recipe Blog:

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Ground Beef Vegetable Soup is an easy recipe that uses ground beef. It is full of good vegetables and is a great meal. I always serve soup with some type of bread as a side. Most people love to dip bread in their soup.

One Pan Zucchini Skillet is an easy and healthy dinner idea. It includes a protein and vegetables. This recipe is made a lot during the summer months. Zucchini plants produce so much zucchini, this is a great way to use some of what you have produced.

Swedish Meatballs are such great comfort food. Serve these delicious meatballs over rice or mashed potatoes for a great meal. Add another vegetable to the side to increase your vegetable intake-which is what we are always trying to do.

Bacon Cheeseburger Lettuce Wraps is a fun and different twist on lettuce wraps. Toppings can be healthy and can include (for this or burgers in general): tomato slices, avocado slices, your choice of cheese, spinach leaves, diced onion and bell pepper, diced jalapeño, sliced olives, sliced pickles, sun-dried tomatoes, cream cheese, fried egg, red pepper flakes, French fried onions, sliced mushrooms, cilantro, ranch, Guacamole, barbecue sauce, or grilled pineapple.

More Recipes:

Copycat Crunch Wrap-who does not love a Taco Bell Crunch Wrap. They are fantastic and this copycat recipe is actually better to us. It is made with ground beef and has as much yummy ingredients in it as you can fit. Shredded lettuce, grated cheese, Rico’s cheese sauce, diced tomatoes, cilantro, and the soft tortillas and crunchy tostada make this perfect.

Cheeseburger Stuffed French Bread is a fun recipe. Lots of yummy ingredients stuffed inside of a loaf of French bread. It is fun to make and eat. Our kids really love this recipe.

Mexican Egg Rolls are made with ground turkey-ground beef or chicken will work as well. They are delicious with this Avocado Dipping Sauce.

Korean Beef-there are two recipes here for Korean Beef. This one is made with ground beef. This recipe has the best sauce. It is spicy and flavorful and sticky-it is just perfectly delicious. Serve this over Baked Rice and add a vegetable as a side-even raw baby carrots-easy and good. The link to the other Korean Beef recipe that is made with beef strips is a few words back. 😊 It is an excellent recipe as well but not made with ground meat.

Frito Casserole is made with ground beef and is a fun and yummy meal. The Fritos make it crunchy and extra yummy. It is a kid favorite as well.

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