Sweet Meatloaf

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 2 1/2 cups butter flavored crackers
• 1 onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 bell pepper, any type
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup ketchup
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons mustard
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 cut up the onion, carrot, celery and bellpepper and put it in a frying pan with water on medium to cook until it is soft and the onion starts to look a little translucient. if you need to add a little more water that is okay but when you add them to the ground beef mixture do not add any liquid that is left. i turn them off to cool a bit while i start adding the other ingredients in a bowl.
• 2 in a large bowl mix the ground beef, crackers(or saltines). make sure you crush the crackers real good. add the eggs, 3/4 ketchup, 1/4 brown sugar and the veggies that you cooked. mix together until blended.
• 3 press together into a square pan. i use a larger pan instead of a meatloaf pan because i sometimes will add a little bit more meat and i like the room for the sauce.
• 4 bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees in a preheated oven. while the meatloaf is cooking mix together the ingredients for the sauce, 1 cup ketcup, salt, mustard and 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
• 5 after 1 hour drain any excess grease from your pan and add the sauce on top and cook for an additional 15 minutes.
• 6 enjoy !