My grandma's BEST easy meatloaf recipe with oats mixed with ground beef, powdered milk, and a sweet ketchup glaze makes a juicy meatloaf every time.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword meatloaf
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Servings 6
Calories 351kcal
Ingredients
1 ½pounds85% lean ground beef
1cupminced yellow onion, about ½ medium onion
115 ouncecan crushed tomatoes
½cupold-fashioned oats
⅓cuppowdered milk
3clovesgarlic, pressed or minced
1tablespoonWorcestershire sauce
1teaspoonkosher salt
1teaspoonfreshly ground black pepper
⅓cup ketchup
2tablespoonslight brown sugar
1tablespoonred wine vinegar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350° F.
In a large bowl, use your hands to gently mix together the ground beef, onion, tomatoes, oats, powdered milk, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, kosher salt, and freshly ground black pepper. Don't over mix the ingredients.
On a rimmed baking sheet or in a 9 X 13 baking dish, dump the meat mixture into a pile, and mold the meat into a 9 X 5-inch rectangular loaf.
In a small bowl, mix together the ketchup, brown sugar, and red wine vinegar until smooth. Spread the glaze evenly over the top of the loaf.
Bake the meatloaf for 1 hour or until the center registers 160°F. Let the meatloaf rest for 10 minutes, then slice into thick pieces and serve.