Grandma Wilhite's Meatloaf
 
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Recipe type: Main
Serves: 1 loaf
Ingredients
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Meatloaf Ingredients:
  • 2½ pounds Dewig Meats Regular Ground Beef
  • 1 cup cracker crumbs
  • ½ cup Coloma Frozen Foods Diced Onions
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup tomato sauce
  • ¼ cup ketchup
  • salt, to taste
  • black pepper, to taste
Topping Ingredients:
  • ¾ cup Coloma Frozen Foods Diced Onion
  • 1 Tablespoon butter
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • salt, to taste
  • black pepper, to taste
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a large bowl, combine all meatloaf ingredients until well blended.
  3. Form a loaf and place in a 9x13 baking pan.
  4. Wrap loaf in foil.
  5. Place loaf in preheated oven.
  6. Bake for 45 minutes.
  7. While loaf is baking, cook topping ingredients in frying pan until onions are tender 5-10 minutes.
  8. Remove loaf from oven and drain off grease.
  9. Pour topping ingredients over loaf and return loaf to oven uncovered for an additional 45 minutes until loaf reaches 160 degrees F.
Tips:
  1. Do not overmix. This recipe is a very fluffy, airy meatloaf. Overmixing will cause it to lose its airiness.
  2. We prefer to use Dewig Meats Regular Ground Beef, however Dewig Meats Extra Lean Ground Beef will work as well.
Recipe by Dewig Meats at https://dewigmeats.com/recipes-tips/grandma-wilhites-meatloaf/