Bacon-Wrapped Meat Loaf with Brown Sugar-Ketchup Glaze

• 1/2 cup ketchup or chili sauce
• 4 tbsp brown sugar
• 4 tbsp cider vinegar or white vinegar
• 2 tsp vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped medium
• 2 medium cloves garlic, minced
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp table salt
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 tsp hot pepper sauce
• 1/2 cup whole milk or plain yogurt
• 1 lb ground chuck
• 1/2 lb ground pork
• 1/2 lb ground veal
• 2/3 cup Saltine crackers , crushed (ab 16), or quick oatmeal, or 1 1/3 cup fresh bread crumbs
• 1/3 cup fresh parsley leaf , minced
• 6 8 oz bacon , thin sliced (8 to 12 slices, depending on loaf shape)

1. For the glaze: Mix all ingredients in small saucepan; set aside.
2. For the meat loaf: Heat oven to 350.
3. Heat oil in medium skillet.
4. Add onion and garlic; saute until softened, about 5 minutes.
5. Set aside to cool while preparing remaining ingredients.
6. Mix eggs with thyme, salt, pepper, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, pepper sauce, and milk or yogurt.
7. Add egg mixture to meat in large bowl along with crackers, parsley, and cooked onion and garlic; mix with fork until evenly blended and meat mixture does not stick to bowl.
8. (If mixture sticks, add additional milk or yogurt, a couple Tbsp at a time until mix no longer sticks.)
9. Turn meat mixture onto work surface.
10. With wet hands, pat mixture into approximately 9-by-5-inch loaf shape.
11. Place on foil-lined (for easy cleanup) shallow baking pan.
12. Brush with half the glaze, then arrange bacon slices, crosswise, over loaf, overlapping slightly and tucking only bacon tip ends under loaf.
13. Bake loaf until bacon is crisp and loaf registers 160F, about 1 hour.
14. Cool at least 20 minutes.
15. Simmer remaining glaze over medium heat until thickened slightly.
16. Slice meat loaf and serve with extra glaze passed separately.
17. Source: Cook's Illustrated

ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, vegetable oil, onion, garlic, eggs, thyme, salt, ground black pepper, mustard, worcestershire sauce, pepper sauce, milk, ground chuck, ground pork, ground veal, crackers, parsley leaf, bacon

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/332740-bacon-wrapped-meat-loaf-with-brown-sugar-ketchup-glaze (may not work)