Mom's Italian Meatloaf

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups soft breadcrumbs
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 3/4 teaspoon basil
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 soak bread in milk.
• 2 add salt pepper, thyme, 1/2 t. basil, 1/4 cup tomato sauce and stir with fork to break up the bread cubes.
• 3 cook onions in butter for 5 minutes or until soft and add to bread mixture.
• 4 mix lightly with fork.
• 5 add in ground beef and mix with hands if needed.
• 6 turn into loaf pan.
• 7 bake at 350°f for 1 hour; then drain fat.
• 8 turn into shallow baking dish.
• 9 combine remaining tomato sauce and basil. spoon over loaf.
• 10 sprinkle with cheese.
• 11 bake 15 more minutes.
• 12 enjoy!