Meara's Marvelous Meat Loaf

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 2/3 cup oatmeal
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup onion, finely chopped
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can french onion soup
• 1 teaspoon parsley
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon sage
• 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1/3 cup ketchup
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon a- 1 steak sauce
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce

Recipe

• 1 mix all the meat loaf ingredients together in a large bowl.
• 2 place meat mixture in a 5 x 9 loaf pan.
• 3 bake in a 325 f oven for 75 minutes.
• 4 meanwhile, combine sauce ingredients and mix well.
• 5 remove loaf from oven and turn it out into a larger, oven-proof dish.
• 6 make several cuts in the loaf (but do not cut all the way through.).
• 7 using a spatula or brush, spread sauce over the scored meat loaf.
• 8 return sauce-covered loaf to the oven and bake for an additional 30 minutes.