Meara's Marvelous Meat Loaf

My daughter and I came up with this meat loaf. It is a kind of a combo of several different recipes with our own special twists ... it calls for oats instead of saltines or bread and we used 95% lean ground beef. Next time we are going to double the sauce and serve it on the side. YUM!

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 2  lbs lean ground beef
• 2⁄3 cup oatmeal
• 3  eggs
• 1⁄3 cup onion, finely chopped
• 1 (10 1/2ounce) can  French onion soup
• 1  teaspoon parsley
• 1  teaspoon thyme
• 1  teaspoon sage
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground pepper

• Sauce

• 1⁄3 cup ketchup
• 3  tablespoons brown sugar
• 1  teaspoon dry mustard
• 1  teaspoon  a- 1  steak sauce
• 1  teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Directions

1. Mix all the meat loaf ingredients together in a large bowl.
2. Place meat mixture in a 5 x 9 loaf pan.
3. Bake in a 325 F oven for 75 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, combine sauce ingredients and mix well.
5. Remove loaf from oven and turn it out into a larger, oven-proof dish.
6. Make several cuts in the loaf (but do not cut all the way through.).
7. Using a spatula or brush, spread sauce over the scored meat loaf.
8. Return sauce-covered loaf to the oven and bake for an additional 30 minutes.