Best Meatloaf Ever

• 2 lb. ground beef
• 1 pkg. saltine crackers, finely crushed
• bread crumbs
• 2 eggs
• 1 can tomato sauce
• 1 cup ketchup
• 4 to 6 slices bacon, fried crisp and crumbled with grease reserved
• 1 sm. onion, diced
• 1 sm. green pepper, diced
• 1 tbsp. garlic powder
• 1 tbsp. seasoned salt
• 1/8 cup brown sugar
• 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp. Accent

1. Saute green pepper and onion in the bacon grease till not quite tender, maybe 5 minutes.
2. Add tomato sauce, 1/2 cup ketchup, Worcestershire and spices (minus brown sugar); heat 3-4 minutes.
3. Place ground beef into large mixing bowl; add the eggs, brown sugar, pepper and onion sauce.
4. Mix in the crumbled bacon and crushed crackers and mix all this together.
5. Mixture should be very moist.
6. Put into a baking dish and form into a loaf.
7. Pour the other 1/2 cup of ketchup on top and spread it around.
8. Bake at 350F for 1 hour.

ground beef, saltine crackers, bread crumbs, eggs, tomato sauce, ketchup, bacon, onion, green pepper, garlic powder, salt, brown sugar, worcestershire sauce, accent

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/19075 (may not work)