Old Fashioned Meat Loaf

Ingredients:

2 lbs ground beef  (80/20 or 85/15)

2 cups bread crumbs (substitute crumbled crackers(
1 cups finely chopped yellow onion
1 cup milk
2 large eggs beaten
4 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons dried parsley
1 ½ teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon pepper

For the topping:
½ cup ketchup
4 tablespoons light brown sugar
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

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Directions:

Preheat oven to 350
In a large bowl, combine meatloaf ingredients. Mix with your hands until everything is well combined. Pack tightly into loaf pan. Leave no air gaps.

In a separate bowl, mix topping ingredients.

Bake meatloaf for 50 minutes at 350.  Increase oven temp to 400. Spread topping evenly and bake another 20 minutes until the temperature reaches 150 degrees.  Remove from the oven and let stand 15 minutes. 

Final temperature will be at or near 160 degrees.