BROWN SUGAR GLAZE FOR MEATLOAF RECIPES

Steps:

• For the glaze: Mix all ingredients in a small bowl; set aside.
• For the meatloaf: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat oil in a medium skillet. Add onion and garlic, saute until softened, about 5 minutes; set aside to cool.
• Mix eggs with thyme, salt, pepper, mustard, Worchestershire, pepper sauce, and milk or yogurt. Add egg mixture to meat in a large bowl, along with crackers, oatmeal or bread crumbs, parsley and cook onions and garlic; mix with a fork until evenly blended and meat mixture does not stick to bowl. (If mixture does stick, add additional milk, a couple tablespoons at a time, and continue stirring until mixture stops sticking.)
• Turn meat mixture onto a work surface. With wet hands, pat mixture into a loaf approximately 9 by 5 inches.
• Cover a wire rack with foil; prick foil in several places with a fork. Place a rack on a shallow roasting pan lined with foil for easy cleanup.
• Set formed loaf on rack. Brush loaf with all of glaze, then arrange bacon slices, crosswise, over loaf, overlapping them slightly and tucking them under to prevent curling.
• Bake loaf until bacon is crisp and loaf registers 160 degrees, about 1 hour. Cool for at least 20 minutes. Slice and serve

Steps:

• Glaze: Mix all ingredients and set aside.
• Meat loaf:.
• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Heat oil in medium skillet and sauté onion and garlic about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Mix eggs with thyme, salt, pepper, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, pepper sauce and milk.
• Add egg mixture to meat in large bowl, along with crackers, parsley and cooked onion and garlic.
• Mix until mixture does not stick to the bowl, if mixture sticks to bowl add milk by tablespoons until it does not stick.
• Shape into loaf.
• Place on foil lined pan, for easy clean-up.
• Brush with half the glaze.
• Arrange bacon slices crosswise over the top of loaf overlapping, tucking in bacon ends under loaf.
• Bake until bacon is crisp and internal temperature registers 160°F, about 1 hour.
• Cool at least 20 minutes.
• Simmer remaining glaze over medium heat until slightly thickened.
• Slice meatloaf and serve with extra glaze.