Mini Meatloaves are not only fun to serve and taste moist and delcious, but they reduce the 1 hour baking time for meatloaves to only 20 minutes!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time22 minutesmins
Total Time37 minutesmins
Course: Dinner
Servings: 4
Author: Janice Croze
Ingredients
1.5ibs of extra-lean ground beef
3/4cupQuick Oats
1/2cupketchupset aside 1/4 for glaze
1/2cupbarbecue sauce
1egg
1/2cupfinely chopped onion
2large potatoes
2/3cupof cream cheese
1cloveof garlicoptional
1/2cupgrated cheese for topping
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 375 F
Peel and cut potatoes
Add potatoes to pot of salted water and bring to boil
Allow to cook in a gentle boil for 20-30 minutes, or until tender
Remove from heat and drain
Mix in cream cheese and minced garlic (optional)
While potatoes are cooking, set out large mixing bowl
Add ground beef, oats, 1/4 cup ketchup, 1/4 cup barbecue sauce, 1 egg, and 1/2 chopped onion.
Stir until well combined
Add to well greased muffin tin - makes 8 muffins
Bake at 375 F for 20 minutes or until no longer pink in the middles and 160 F
(Optional: About 15 minutes into baking, glaze tops of meatloaves with a mixture of ketchup and barbecue sauce and return to oven)
Once cooked, remove mini meatloaves from over and top with mashed potatoes and sprinkle with cheese. (Optional: melt cheese by broiling for 2-3 minutes or simply popping in the microwave for 20 seconds.)