Recipe: Country Meat Loaf (using oats with ketchup and brown sugar glaze)

COUNTRY MEAT LOAF

FOR THE LOAF:
1/2 cup onion
1 tbsp butter
2 1/2 lb lean ground beef
1 cup milk
3/4 cup oats
2 eggs, beaten
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp savory
1/4 tsp pepper
FOR THE GLAZE:
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp Gravy Master (optional)
1/4 tsp dry mustard

Saute onions in butter until transparent. Combine with remaining meat loaf ingredients. Form into loaf and refrigerate 2 hours.

WHEN READY TO BAKE:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine ingredients for the glaze; set aside.

Unmold the meat loaf into larger baking pan and bake at 350 degrees F a half hour.

Remove meat loaf from oven and drain off any fat in the pan. Brush with glaze; return to oven, bake another hour or until no pink remains, brushing now and then with glaze.

Servings: 10
Adapted from source: Taste of Home Ground Beef Collection 1996 Edition