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Mom’s Best Ever Meatloaf

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Although I have tried many recipes for meatloaf, this simple recipe is still my favorite. I like to serve it hot for supper one day and then cold, sliced on sandwiches for lunch the next day. Yum!

Ingredients

  • 1 whole Egg, Slightly Beaten
  • ⅔ cups Milk
  • 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 cup Crushed Unsalted Soda Crackers (crumbs)
  • 1 whole Small Onion, Chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • ½ teaspoons Black Pepper
  • ½ teaspoons Garlic Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Sage
  • 1 Tablespoon Dried Parsley Flakes
  • 1 pound Each Ground Beef And Ground Pork
  • ¼ cups Ketchup
  • 1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Yellow Mustard

Preparation

In a large bowl, combine egg, milk, Worcestershire, crackers, onion, salt, pepper, garlic powder, sage, and parsely. Add ground beef and ground pork and mix well. Put the meat mixture into a ungreased square 8×8 glass baking dish. In a small bowl, combine ketchup, brown sugar and mustard together and mix well. Spread over the top of the meatloaf. Bake uncovered in a 375ºF oven for 1 hour. Slice and serve.

Note: I like to bake this meatloaf in a square pan. I find that it takes less time to bake than in a loaf pan.

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Nancy on 9.26.2023

I just found this over the weekend and cooked it last night. My son said it was “AMAZING” and my DIL said “Dinner was delicious! Thanks for cooking.” Yes, I will fix this again and again. Thank you!

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Sweetpea Nancy on 3.3.2011

I hope you enjoy the recipe, my Mom has been making this for many years and then she passed the recipe down to me and I added the Sage!

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rivergirl10 on 3.2.2011

Are the spaghetti and meatballs and the meatloaf really your mom’s recipes? If so, she has certainly sold me.
They both sound delicious and I will be making both soon.

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Nancy on 9.26.2023

My family absolutely loved this! And my DIL is a VERY picky eater!

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Kristiyn on 1.7.2019

Super easy and totally delicious. I used way less onion, but everything else is perfect. This will be my new go-to! Thank you for sharing!

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Kelly on 1.14.2018

Really good!

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Eugenia on 6.9.2017

This was great. I made it for a large group, so I tripled the amount and made it in 9×13 and 8×8 dishes. Worked great, there was only one little piece left at the end of the night and lots of praise! I couldn’t get ground pork, so I just bought some pork shoulder and ground it up myself, old school style, along with the onions. :) And instead of crushing crackers I just used a smaller amount of multigrain baby cereal (weird, I know, but we always have some for the baby and it’s a great substitute in meatloaf and meatballs).

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Nikki Jones on 9.29.2015

Was looking for a new meatloaf recipe to try. I made this last night and the whole family loved it! Unfortunately I did not have sage, but will try adding that next time. I only had a “small” Vadalia onion, which you know is never truly small, but added the whole thing. Lots of onion, but the family said not to decrease the onion as we all love onions! The meatloaf was moist and very flavorful. Loved the sauce and will give thought of how to get more on the meatloaf next time!
Am intrigued about making it in muffin tins. Are we talking the small tins cup size or the large muffin cup size? If recipe serves six, I would think large muffin size, Would appreciate any feedback!
We will definitely be added this recipe to our favorites. Thanks!

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