Best Ever Meat Loaf

This best ever meatloaf recipe lives up to its name. Cheese is baked into this easy meatloaf. Plus a perfect mix of ingredients to make a tasty crust.

Author: Sunday Table1

Meal Type: Milk Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: MEDIUM

Prep. Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Servings: 6 servings

Calories: N/A per serving

Ingredients

2 - 2 large eggs
⅔ cup - 0.66666668653488 cup milk
2 teaspoon - 2 teaspoons salt
¼ teaspoon - 0.25 teaspoon ground black pepper
3 slices - 3 slices bread, crumbled
1 ½ pound - 1.5 pounds ground beef
1 - 1 onion, chopped
1 cup - 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
½ cup - 0.5 cup shredded carrot
¼ cup - 0.25 cup brown sugar
¼ cup - 0.25 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon - 1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard

Instructions

Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Whisk eggs, milk, salt, and ground black pepper in a large bowl. Add crumbled bread and stir until dissolved. Mix ground beef, onion, Cheddar cheese, and carrot into bread mixture; transfer mixture to a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
Combine brown sugar, ketchup, and mustard in a small bowl; spread over the meat mixture.
Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, 60 to 75 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).