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Traditional Meat Loaf Recipe

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Topped with a sweet sauce, Traditional Meat Loaf tastes so good that you might want to double the recipe so everyone can have seconds. "This meat loaf also freezes well," adds Gail Graham of Maple Ridge, British Columbia.

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Traditional Meat Loaf Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 1 hour + standing

Yield: 6 Servings

15 60 75

Ingredients

1 egg, lightly beaten
2/3 cup 2% milk
3 slices bread, crumbled
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 cup finely shredded carrot
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1-1/2 pounds ground beef
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon prepared mustard

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine first eight ingredients. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into a loaf. Place in a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan.
In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, ketchup and mustard; spread over loaf. Bake 60-75 minutes or until no pink remains and a thermometer reads 160°. Drain. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing. Yield: 6 servings.

Originally published as Traditional Meat Loaf in Taste of Home June/July 2006, p18

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Enjoy this recipe with a light-bodied red wine such as Pinot Noir.

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Reviewed on Oct. 12, 2011 by anaJG

This was my first time trying and making meat loaf and I really liked it a lot, I would make it again.

Reviewed on Sep. 29, 2011 by Loufrommaine

My kids love this. I substitute Onion powder for the onion so that they can't tell theres onion in it and there are no leftovers. I will have to make 2 at a time as they get older!

Reviewed on Apr. 02, 2011 by merrittram

This is the best meatloaf I have ever had. My husband says that until he tried this , he was not a fan of meatloaf. Very Good!

Reviewed on Jan. 22, 2011 by debbie3sons

Delicious my 3 boys loved it. Only thing I changed was no carrot and no brown sugar but did everything else as written. Thank you so much!!!!

Reviewed on Nov. 07, 2010 by Olive OConnor

This is the first meatloaf recipe I have made that tasted outstanding! I too put the rosemary potatoes in with it. Yum!