Melt-in-Your-Mouth Meat Loaf, a slow cooker recipe

Everyone needs a delicious, family-favorite meatloaf recipe, to turn to. Melt-in-Your-Mouth-Meat Loaf is just what you need. Easily the one meatloaf to serve the family, time, and time again! You will want to keep this recipe handy...

Meat loaf cooked in a slow cooker is moist and tender. 

For so many years I made meatloaf in the oven and while it was good, it was also dry. The outside was crusty and often hard to cut, not just for dinner but thinly for sandwiches the next day. Then one day when I got home from work, this delicious meatloaf was waiting. To be honest, I would have not chosen this recipe, thinking that it might be bland, but I would have been wrong!

Before retirement, we both cooked and shared in the clean-up. And the wonderful thing about two cooks in a family is the variety of what looks and sounds good. Two cooks double the looking and the decisions about what will be cooked. 

To be honest, this meat loaf was first made by my husband.

And I have to say everything my hubby cooked was excellent. This recipe for Melt-in-Your-Mouth Meat Loaf is proof...You see a second cook in the kitchen and an additional set of senses are very generous to variety. Which is always a bonus to enjoy! 

Two cooks also mean that food is viewed from a different angle than just that of a long-term cook, who while she still enjoys cooking, might be just a little bit stuck in a cooking rut! And while that might have been me.......I have learned that the slow cooker is a cook's best friend! 

For those still working outside the home, using a programmable slow cooker, this meatloaf can be timed to be ready when you get home, and only need the sauce poured on, while you get the rest of the dinner completed. And by the way, help with the rest of the dinner is also a good idea, I am just saying! So I am offered a few suggestions below... 

Hmmm, what shall we serve with the meat loaf?

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Meat Loaf is a compact meatloaf, yet very tender and the sauce sets it off perfectly. Plus leftovers make great sandwiches! For families with two slow cookers, Slow Cooker Mac and Cheese is a great side dish. If you are looking for more vegetables on your plate, you may want to try Oven Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Apples and Pecans.  or Oven Roasted Delicata Squash and Onions.

We have also included updated ingredient amounts for those times when you have two pounds of ground beef (or simply want a larger meatloaf!) to work with. We hope you enjoy this Melt-in-Your-Mouth-Meat Loaf as much as we do! 

Ingredients needed for this recipe:

• eggs
• ground beef
• bread crumbs
• dried minced onion
• rubbed sage
• catsup, you can make your own! The recipe is found here.
• brown sugar, you can make your own!
• yellow ballpark mustard
• Worcestershire sauce

 You will also need the following:

• measuring spoons
• measuring cups
• liquid measuring cup
• large mixing bowl
• 6-qt slow cooker

 Now we are ready to begin!

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Meat Loaf
adapted from:  Taste of Home, slow cookers, casseroles, and soups

2 eggs
3/4 c milk
2/3 c dried bread crumbs*
1 T dried minced onion
1 t salt
3/4 t rubbed sage
1 1/2 pound ground beef 

OR:

2 eggs

3/4 c milk

3/4 c dried bread crumbs*

1 (rounded) T dried minced onion

1 1/8 t salt

scant 1 t rubbed sage

2 pounds ground beef

2/3 c ketchup
2 T brown sugar
1 T ballpark yellow mustard
1 t Worcestershire sauce

In a large bowl, combine eggs through the ground beef.  Mix well, the mixture will be moist. Shape into a round ball and place in a 6-qt slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until a thermometer reads 160 degrees.

In a small bowl, combine ketchup through Worcestershire sauce. Mix well and spoon over meatloaf. Cook an additional 15 minutes.

Remove meatloaf from the cooker, allow to rest 5 minutes, slice, and enjoy. 

*tip, if you are out of dried bread crumbs, use one slice of fresh bread, crumbled, and 1/4 c oatmeal. 

Storage options for Melt in Your Mouth Meatloaf. Store covered in the refrigerator for up to three days. For longer storage, store leftover meatloaf in the freezer. Thaw in the refrigerator before reheating. 

UPDATE:  For your convenience, a "copy and paste" version of Melt in Your Mouth Meatloaf has been included below.

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Printable "copy and paste" version:

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Meat Loaf
adapted from:  Taste of Home, slow cookers, casseroles, and soups

2 eggs
3/4 c milk
2/3 c dried bread crumbs*
1 T dried minced onion
1 t salt
3/4 t rubbed sage
1 1/2 pound ground beef 

OR:

2 eggs

3/4 c milk

3/4 c dried bread crumbs*

1 (rounded) T dried minced onion

1 1/8 t salt

scant 1 t rubbed sage

2 pounds ground beef

2/3 c ketchup
2 T brown sugar
1 T ballpark yellow mustard
1 t Worcestershire sauce

In a large bowl, combine eggs through the ground beef.  Mix well, the mixture will be moist. Shape into a round ball and place in a 6-qt slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until a thermometer reads 160 degrees.

In a small bowl, combine ketchup through Worcestershire sauce. Mix well and spoon over meatloaf. Cook an additional 15 minutes.

Remove meatloaf from the cooker, allow to rest 5 minutes, slice, and enjoy. 

*tip, if you are out of dried bread crumbs, use one slice of fresh bread, crumbled, and 1/4 c oatmeal. 

Storage options for Melt in Your Mouth Meatloaf. Store covered in the refrigerator for up to three days. For longer storage, store leftover meatloaf in the freezer. Thaw in the refrigerator before reheating. 

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