Football-Shaped Meatloaf – Delicious!

This is perfect for football season…a football-shaped meatloaf!

Use your favorite meatloaf recipe (or use the one below) and form it into a football shape with a nice ketchup-based sauce and cheese strips for the lacing.

How yummy and fun is that? Your friends and family will be impressed with your creativity. This football-shaped meatloaf  is sure to please the “foodies” in the group!

Football-shaped Meatloaf
Recipe makes 8 servings

1 1/2 pounds ground beef

1 egg

1 onion, chopped

1 cup milk

1 cup dried bread crumbs

salt and pepper to taste

2 tablespoons brown sugar

2 tablespoons prepared mustard

1/3 cup ketchup

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. In a large bowl, combine the beef, egg, onion, milk and bread OR cracker crumbs. Season with salt and pepper to taste and place in a lightly greased 5×9 inch loaf pan, OR form into a loaf and place in a lightly greased 9×13 inch baking dish.

3. In a separate small bowl, combine the brown sugar, mustard and ketchup. Mix well and pour over the meatloaf.

4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour.

5. The finishing touch is cheese strips for the lacing.

(A variation to this football-shaped meatloaf is to substitute some of the ground beef with ground turkey.)
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This Football-shaped Meatloaf is sure to please your party guests!