Basic Meatloaf

My sister-in-law Kallee requested a meatloaf recipe. This is my go-to recipe for meatloaf. It doesn't have any weird ingredients in it or try to be ultra-fancy like recipes from the Food Network (now I love the Food Network but sometimes they put too many strange ingredients into their recipes and we just like normal meatloaf!)

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1 cup oats
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup minced onion
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground mustard
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray a loaf pan with Pam.
2. Mix all the ingredients together with your clean hands (I like to mix everything together except the beef. Once everything else is mixed well, then I add the beef).
3. Place beef mixture into the loaf pan. Top with ketchup.
4. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes. Take the foil off and continue baking another 10-15 minutes.

Note: You can also make mini meat loaves, which is the way Jason likes it. If you don't have a pan that allows you to make multiple mini loaves, just shape the loaves yourself and place on baking sheet covered with foil. Decrease the baking time by approximately 15 minutes.