Grammy's Kitchen · Meatloaf · The Best Meatloaf
One of 44 meatloaf recipes we measured
2,959 cooks on www.spendwithpennies.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 44.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| egg | 11% | 11% |
| dairy | 20% | 7% |
| aromatics | 8% | 17% |
| sweetener | 20% | 19% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 20% | 8% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 75 g | 1/2 medium onion (diced) |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon butter |
| 100 g | 2 eggs |
| 183 g | 3/4 cup milk |
| 26 g | 3/4 cup Italian bread crumbs (or seasoned breadcrumbs) |
| 907 g | 2 pounds lean ground beef |
| 17 g | 1 tablespoon ketchup (or chili sauce) |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning |
| 12 g | 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley (or 2 teaspoons dried parsley) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon kosher salt (more to taste) |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon black pepper |
| 1/2 cup chili sauce (see note) | |
| 136 g | 1/2 cup ketchup |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons brown sugar (optional) |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.spendwithpennies.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I got a 10 lb log of ground beef and made almost all of it into this recipe, but with shredded mozzarella some of the loafs. also I cut most of them into 2 loafs instead 1 big one. Then I wrapped the loafs in parchment, plastic wrap, foil, then plastic wrap ag” — a cook, 5.0★
“This was delicious! I didn’t have chili sauce so used Worcestershire sauce ketchup and brown sugar in the glaze. I also cut the recipe in half because I live alone. It was so delicious and moist! I cooked it for 30 minutes and then added the glaze and cooked i” — a cook, 5.0★