Sweet and Sour Meatloaf

Specialty Recipe

From Simone Abbot, Southern California

Here is a recipe that I found in an old 1945 hamburger cookbook. Everyone to whom I have given this recipe loves it!

Ingredients:

1 onion, diced

1/2 cup cracker crumbs

One 8-ounce can tomato sauce

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup vinegar

1 teaspoon prepared mustard

1 egg

2 pounds ground chuck

1-1/2 teaspoons salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

Heat oven to 400 degrees.

Mix tomato sauce with sugar, vinegar, and mustard until dissolved. With fork, lightly beat egg; add onion, crackers, ground chuck, salt and pepper, and 1/2 cup of tomato mixture and combine lightly but thoroughly. In bowl, shape meat into oval loaf; turn into shallow baking pan. Pour the rest of the tomato sauce over loaf. Bake for 45 minutes, basting occasionally.

Serves: 8

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