Meat Loaf

My first meatloaf! This is a combination recipe from Liptons Onion Soup Mix box, Great American Recipes Cottage Meat Loaf, my mother (Carol R. Cheesman), and my neighbor.

Meatloaf
compiled by Brooke Hochstein

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/4 c. ketchup
• 1/4 tsp salt and pepper
• 1 egg
• 1/2 c. stovetop (dry and crushed)
• 1 tsp. prepared mustard
• 1/2 package onion soup mix

topping:

• 1/4 c. ketchup
• 1/4 tsp. prepared mustard
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg

Mix all ingredients but the ground beef. Add the beef and massage the ingredients thoroughly into the meat. Add the meat to a 9x5 pan. Use foil to line if necessary. Combine topping ingredients in separate bowl and spread over the top of the meat loaf. Bake at 350 for about one hour.