Sheree's Homemade Cooking Made Easy

My meatloaf recipe is one of my child’s favorite meals. It is a simple recipe, but they absolutely love them made in these muffin cups. You will need the following ingredients:

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Yields: 6 muffin cups

1/2 pound of ground chuck

2 tablespoons of onion, diced finely

2 tablespoons of bell pepper, diced finely

2 tablespoons of milk

6 saltine crackers, crumbled into very small pieces

1 tablespoon of ketchup

salt and pepper to taste

Topping:

3 tablespoons of ketchup

1 teaspoon of mustard

1 tablespoon of brown sugar

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

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In a medium mixing bowl add all the ground chuck, onion, bell pepper, milk, crackers, 1 tablespoon of ketchup, salt and pepper.

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Mix together until it is all blended together. Tip: I use my hands but you could use a spoon.

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Spray a standard size muffin tin with non-stick spray and divide the meat mixture into 6 equal size pieces and place them in the muffin tins.

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Bake for 20 – 25 minutes or until the meatloaf muffins are almost done.

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In a small bowl stir the topping ingredients together.

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Place the mixture over the top of the meatloaf muffins and bake for an additional 5 minutes. Enjoy!

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Note: You can double this recipe if you need to as this recipe makes enough for 3 people to have 2 each. I bake my meatloaf like this because this is how my family prefers it and it takes half the time to bake as baking it in a loaf form but you could bake this as a loaf and increase the cooking time.

I like to serve this with a side of creamed potatoes, green beans and macaroni and cheese.