The Perfect Meatloaf

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3/4 cup whole milk
• 6 slices bread
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1/2 diced onion
• 4 beaten eggs
• 10 slices bacon
• 1 1/2 cups ketchup
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• tabasco sauce (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 pour milk over the bread slices. allow it to soak in for several minutes.
• 3 place the ground beef, milk-soaked bread, salt, and black pepper in a large mixing bowl. add in your beaten eggs.
• 4 use your hands and git in there, mix it up well.
• 5 form into a log. hint: don't "smoosh" it down to tight, that just compacts the meat and tends to make for a dense er heavy meatloaf. i honest and truly believe this step was the defining factor in the most juiciest meatloaf i have ever eaten.
• 6 lay bacon slices across the top, width wise, tucking the ends underneath the meatloaf.
• 7 spread a good amount of sauce onto your loaf, leaving a little for your second application later in cooking process.
• 8 bake for 45 minutes, then slather the rest of the sauce over the top.
• 9 bake for 15 more minutes or so, you can raise oven temperature to 400 after the second application,.