My children cheer when I make these for dinner! The meat turns out moist, but not greasy. We love the sauce that goes on top so make sure you save some. These are really yummy served over mashed potatoes. A great way to use up instant mashed potatoes if you have them in your stockpile.
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Ingredients:
- 1 cup ketchup
- 3-4 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground mustard
- 2 eggs beaten
- 4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 3 cups Crispix cereal, crushed (can substitute with corn and rice chex)
- 3 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp season salt
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 3 pounds lean ground beef
In a large bowl, combine ketchup, brown sugar and mustard. Remove ½ cup for topping; set aside.
Add eggs, Worcestershire sauce, cereal, and seasonings to remaining ketchup mixture; mix well. Let stand 5 minutes. Crumble beef over cereal mixture and mix well.
Press meat mixture into 18 muffin cups (about 1/3 cup each). Bake at 375 for 18-20 minutes. Drizzle with reserved ketchup mixture; bake 10 minutes longer or until meat is no longer pink.
Tips to avoid touching meat if you think it is gross like I do:
Mix meat and other ingredients in a food processor, kitchen aid or Bosch mixer.
Use an ice cream scoop to scoop meat into tins. Makes a perfect shape too!
Makes about 18 muffin size
Easy clean up cooking method: Scoop meat onto a baking sheet lined with tin foil. Bake at 375 for 18-20 minutes. Drizzle with reserved ketchup mixture; bake 10 minutes longer or until meat is no longer pink.
Make them any size you like.
This makes a great freezer meal. Find out how to make a Mini Meat Loaf Make Ahead Meal.
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Tip: We really like the sauce so sometimes I make a double batch of it. If I do not make a double batch Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce is really good on the meat loafs.
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After mixing the ketchup, brown sugar and dry mustard it says to reserve 3 cups, but it’s only about 1 cup of sauce… Can you explain?
this sounds really good! Now I just need to thaw some burger…
Haha! Was thinking the same thing! Maybe she means 3 Tbsp??? I have made these ( a slight variation of these anyways ) for years. They really are delicious and great for freezer meals in a hurry!
Nice catch. Thanks ladies. I forgot to convert that part of the recipe.
No, that is the Desert Version of the recipe. hahah, and maybe add a little chocolate powder and cinnamon. Now I am hungry.
OOPS, my bad. I was thinking you ment 3-4 cups of brown sugar…. LOL at me
I make these all the time but i use a spoon end and make a hold all the way through the center and put sauce in and top with cheese! Only way my family will eat them
if you read the make ahead recipe, it calls for 3 cups reserved for the 12 meals recipe, she prob. just c&p’d.
I <3 this recipe! my honey was asking for meatloaf last night, but I took a nap today until less than an hour before he was supposed to be home… Yay for Save The Day Meatloaf! Less than 30 minutes start to finish! My kind of recipe!
Mmmm…these are a BIG hit at our home too but I use the super easy Kraft recipe check it out here http://blog.capscreations.com/2010/04/mini-meatloaves.html . We’ll have to give yours a try! Thank you for sharing.
I use Stove Top Dressing couple eggs dash of milk moist lots of flavor and fast simple.
I made this tonight and loved it! The muffin tin made it easy to measure! It was so yummy and I had a batch left over to freeze
So glad you loved them. They are a favorite of my kids. Thanks for stopping by to let me know you loved it!
Can I come over for Dinner? Those look YUMMMMMMY!!! Hubby would love them. So now I have to get into the kitchen and make my own. Thank you for the idea!!
Your welcome. You will love them.