Meatloaf With Brown Sugar Ketchup Glaze Cooks Illustrated Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 5x9 inch loaf pan.
• Press the brown sugar in the bottom of the prepared loaf pan and spread the ketchup over the sugar.
• In a mixing bowl, mix thoroughly all remaining ingredients and shape into a loaf. Place on top of the ketchup.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour or until juices are clear.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Stir ketchup, brown sugar, salt, and chili powder together in a bowl until smooth. Spread a small amount of the ketchup mixture into the bottom of the prepared loaf pan.
• Mix ground beef, croutons, onion, eggs, milk, and black pepper together in a large bowl; shape into a loaf and put into prepared pan. Spread remaining ketchup mixture over the loaf.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

Steps:

• For the glaze: Mix all ingredients in a small bowl; set aside.
• For the meatloaf: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat oil in a medium skillet. Add onion and garlic, saute until softened, about 5 minutes; set aside to cool.
• Mix eggs with thyme, salt, pepper, mustard, Worchestershire, pepper sauce, and milk or yogurt. Add egg mixture to meat in a large bowl, along with crackers, oatmeal or bread crumbs, parsley and cook onions and garlic; mix with a fork until evenly blended and meat mixture does not stick to bowl. (If mixture does stick, add additional milk, a couple tablespoons at a time, and continue stirring until mixture stops sticking.)
• Turn meat mixture onto a work surface. With wet hands, pat mixture into a loaf approximately 9 by 5 inches.
• Cover a wire rack with foil; prick foil in several places with a fork. Place a rack on a shallow roasting pan lined with foil for easy cleanup.
• Set formed loaf on rack. Brush loaf with all of glaze, then arrange bacon slices, crosswise, over loaf, overlapping them slightly and tucking them under to prevent curling.
• Bake loaf until bacon is crisp and loaf registers 160 degrees, about 1 hour. Cool for at least 20 minutes. Slice and serve

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix ground beef, onion, salt, pepper and garlic powder in a bowl.
• Mix in bread, milk, egg, 1 tbsp mustard, and 1/4 cup ketchup.
• Press mixture into a loaf and put in baking dish.
• In a small bowl, stir together 1 tbsp mustard, 1/4 cup ketchup and 2 tbsp brown sugar. Pour on top of the meat loaf within the last 20-30 minutes of cooking.
• Bake for about an hour until it's cooked through.

Steps:

• For glaze: Mix all ingredients in small bowl For the meat loaf: Heat oven to 350. Heat oil in medium skillet. Add onion and garlic; sauté until softened, about 5 minutes. Set aside. Mix eggs, thyme, salt, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, and milk with bread crumbs in large bowl. Add cooked onion and garlic. Then add meat and mix evenly with the rest of the ingredients. Turn meat mixture into loaf pan. Brush with half the glaze, then arrange bacon slices, crosswise, over loaf, overlapping slightly. Bake loaf about 1 hour until bacon is crisp. Cool at least 20 minutes. Simmer remaining glaze over medium heat until thickened slightly. Slice loaf and serve with extra glaze