Barbara's Basic Meatloaf
photo by Riverside Len
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce (optional)
- 1⁄3 cup saltine crumbs (or Ritz crackers crumbs or instant Potato Buds or ground plain oatmeal)
- ketchup
- mustard
directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. (Easiest to mix with your hands - kids love this! Just make sure you wash your hands before and after touching the meat.).
- Spray an 8x4 (or 8x5) glass loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Press mixture into pan. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.
- Note: Kids love making the cracker crumbs too! Put crackers in a ziplock bag and give them a masher (or they can use their hands).
- Also: I prefer a 2 parts ketchup to 1 part mustard mixture, but my recipe says "to taste". The ketchup and mustard mixture can also be substituted with BBQ sauce or cocktail sauce.
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Reviews
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This was pretty good but a bit plain or bland for us. I used 1.5 lbs. ground beef and the rest of the ingredients as listed plus 1/4 tsp. garlic powder. I used the optional Worcestershire and for the crumbs I crushed saltines in the mini chopper. I molded it into a long loaf shape and placed it on top of a broiler pan so that the fat drips down. I glazed with the 2 parts ketchup/1 part mustard blend. Thanks for posting.