Brown Sugar Glazed Meatloaf – this recipe will soon become your family’s favorite recipe for meatloaf. It’s delicious!
If you grew up in the United States, chances are great that you have had meatloaf. At least once. For many of us, it is a quintessential comfort food, ranking high up there along with Buttermilk Biscuits and Pecan Pie. You know what’s better than meatloaf? Brown Sugar Glazed Meatloaf! Making it is not difficult, and many of the ingredients are kitchen staples that we tend to keep in our pantry and refrigerator.
The Brown Sugar Glazed Meatloaf
This meatloaf has a sweet, brown sugar glaze on top and a little bit on the bottom. Before making the loaf itself, make the glaze by combining ketchup, brown sugar, and little salt. Let it sit for a moment so that the sugar can dissolve a bit in the ketchup. Then spoon about 1/3 cup on the bottom of your loaf pan
. Set the rest aside and get started on making the loaf.
Chop the onion into chunks and prepare the bell pepper by removing the top, bottom, and insides. Place them in your food processor and pulsate until they are diced. Then add the meat, bread crumbs, egg, milk, and 1/3 cup of the glaze. Process it all in your food processor
until the mixture is thoroughly blended.
Next, place the meat mixture into my loaf pan and pat the top smooth. Spoon the remaining brown sugar glaze on top and bake it for an hour at 350 degrees.
Doesn’t it look delicious?
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Brown Sugar Glazed Meatloaf
Ingredients
- ¾ cup ketchup
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 & one-third cups grass-fed ground beef
- 1 & one-third cups bread crumbs
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine ketchup, brown sugar, and salt in a small mixing bowl and allow to sit for a couple of minutes to allow sugar to dissolve.
- Spoon one-third cup of sauce into bottom of a loaf pan. Set aside.
- Place ground beef, bread crumbs, onion, bell pepper, eggs, milk, and one-third cup of glaze into food processor and process until mixture is thoroughly blended.
- Place meat mixture into loaf pan and smooth down the top.
- Spread remaining glaze on top of loaf and bake for 1 hour or until internal temperature is 155 to 160 degrees.
- Remove from oven and allow to rest for 10 minutes before serving.
Meatloaf Facts & Trivia
- Meatloaf has European origins. It was mentioned in the Roman cookery collection Apicus as early as the 5th century.
- Europeans and Americans are not the only ones who enjoy meatloaf. Other countries ranging from Chile to Vietnam have their own versions of the meaty dish.
- America’s version of meatloaf takes its origin from scrapple, a Pennsylvania Dutch dish made from pork parts.
- Meatloaf gained much appreciation during the Great Depression, thanks to its adaptability. People were able to make use of less expensive fillers to stretch ground beef and create a satisfying dish.
I knew this was a great meatloaf by reading the ingredients. And because it is almost exactly like mine. The only difference being two tsps. or so of Worcestershire sauce and about a fourth of a cup more of less…of medium salsa. Otherwise we are twinsees! LOL
You are an excellent cook! I can tell! Much love to you!😁
Back at you, Barbara! <3
Fixed this tonight but used pound of ground beef. I didn’t think 1 1/3 cup was enough? Don’t have food processor so mixed by hand. Will let you know how it turned out. Looks delicious!!
I am looking forward to finding out how you liked it. 🙂
This looks so good…..Thanks for the meatloaf trivia, too!
This is the best meatloaf recipe I’ve ever made! I do, however, add half a pack of meatloaf seasoning and it gives me the perfect blend of sweet and savory. Keep the great recipes coming!?
Thank you for stopping by and letting me know your tip and how you liked it. It makes my heart happy.
Wishing you the best –
Lynda
I will be making this tonight for the fam?? thanks
Great! Let me know how they like it.
This Was Delicious! Thank you For Sharing!
You’re welcome! I am so glad you liked it. 🙂
I just made this last night for dinner, and it was a major hit in my house!
I am glad you enjoyed it!
I made this tonight, delish. Along with putting sauce on bottom and top, I used the handle of a wooden spoon and poked holes in the meatloaf so the sauce would soak into the meatloaf.
Thank you. Thanks for your tip, too. 🙂
What blade do you use to process the meat and other ingredients together? I just got my first food processor and it is the super powerful Breville one and I am a little scared to try this as my first recipe.
I made a meatloaf once that had the sauce on the bottom and it was the best ever. I lost the recipe though and I think your recipe will be just as delicious!! Will let you know how it turns out- Making it tonight with a mixture of turkey, pork and ground beef.
I just use the basic blade in my food processor. (Sorry that I cannot be more specific.) I hope you enjoy it!
Making this tonight for dinner.
I would love to hear how it turns out. 🙂
My husband is not a fan of meatloaf, but this looks like one he would like!
Oooh! I love the idea of putting some of the sauce in the bottom of the pan. I never do that.