Author Notes
This is the recipe I grew up with...it's a nice moist meatloaf (nothing dry here!) with the MOST delicious sweet and sour tomato sauce. It's the ultimate comfort food, especially when served with mashed potatoes! —amybroun
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Ingredients
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1.25-1.5 pounds
ground beef, veal or turkey
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3/4 cup
breadcrumbs
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1
onion, minced
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1
egg, lightly beaten
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1 1/2 teaspoons
salt
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dash
pepper
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2 cups
your favorite jarred tomato sauce
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3 tablespoons
brown sugar
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2 tablespoons
mustard
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3 tablespoons
cider vinegar
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2 teaspoons
worcestershire sauce
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350
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Mix together meat, bread crumbs, onion, egg, seasonings, and 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce.
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Form into a loaf and put into pan (a 9x5 loaf pan works best but make sure it is big enough to hold all the sauce, as it will bubble up).
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Combine rest of tomato sauce, brown sugar, mustard, vinegar, and worcestershire sauce. Pour over meat loaf.
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Bake for 1 hr 15 min, basting occasionally with sauce.
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Remove to serving plate. Slice and serve. Pass sauce from pan on the side!
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