Our Favorite Meat Loaf

Serves: 6

Cooking Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
• 3 slices white bread, torn into small pieces
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 tablespoons ketchup (see Options)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
   
2. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except ketchup; mix well. Press mixture evenly into a 9" x 5" loaf pan; spread ketchup over top.
   
3. Bake 60 to 65 minutes, or until no pink remains and juices run clear. Remove from oven, drain, and allow to sit 5 minutes before slicing and serving.

Options

• If you prefer to do without the ketchup, that's okay. You could use spaghetti sauce or just leave the top plain. We like to serve this with lots of gravy. Mmmm...