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Meatloaf
Preparation Time: 25 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 1/2 hours
Ingredients
- 1 Family pack ground beef (5lbs)
- 1/2 large onion, chopped
- 1 bell pepper, large
- 3/4 of a small can of evaporated milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 packages of crackers
- A-1TM Sweet and Tangy Steak sauce
- 1 small can tomato sauce
- 1/2 bottle of ketchup
Glaze:
- 1/3 cup Dark KaroTM Syrup
- 1/2 cup Ketchup
- 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
Instructions:
Place ground beef in large bowl.
Add chopped onion and bell pepper.
Pour in a whole bottle of A-1TM Steak sauce, 1/2 medium bottle of ketchup, 1 small can tomato sauce.
Beat 2 eggs in cereal bowl and add enough evaporated milk to fill bowl.
Pour in meatloaf mixture and mix with hands thoroughly.
Add enough crackers to make the mixture stick together.
Recipe makes 2 large loaves, so you may split and freeze half.
Mold meat into a loaf in a roaster or similar deep dish pan.
Bake at 350-375 degrees for about an hour and a half, or until it appears to be done.
You may also drain some of the juice off of the loaf before you top with glaze, but not too much because it will result in a dry meatloaf.
Mix glaze ingredients in equal parts or to taste and cover meatloaf with it.
Bake uncovered until coating is cooked. Slice and serve.