Bacon-Wrapped Meatloaf: How To Silence Your Resident Food Critics<br />Bookmark Recipe: https://www.scrumdiddlyumptious.com/bacon-wrapped-meatloaf<br /><br />Thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe for a first-hand look at all our best recipes and cooking hacks! You can find this recipe and the full instructions on our website or below ↓↓.<br /><br />******************************************************<br /><br />"Mooooooooommmm, meatloaf again?!" If your last meatloaf elicited wails of complaints from the less easy-to-please members of your household, fret not. You don't have to give up this oh-so-easy to prepare dish from your weekly rotation. You just need to... hmmm... how shall we put this? Liven things up a bit! And speaking of easy, remember your old friend bacon? Yeah. It's sort of cheating, but who cares! The end justifies the means. And what a beautiful end this is.<br /><br />You'll Need:<br /><br />- 2¼ lbs ground beef<br />- 1⅓ cups bread crumbs<br />- 1 tbsp salt<br />- 1/2 tbsp pepper<br />- 2 eggs<br />- 7 oz ham<br />- 5 oz cheese (6 slices)<br />- 3.5 oz baby spinach<br />- 14 oz bacon<br /><br />Here's How:<br /><br />1. Mix the ground beef with bread crumbs, salt, pepper, and eggs.<br /><br />2. Line a baking tray with aluminum foil and press the ground beef mixture into a thin, flat surface. Then add a layer each of ham, cheese, and baby spinach.<br /><br />3. Using the aluminum foil, roll the entire sheet of beef into a giant log, then sealing the ends with ground beef so the other ingredients don't seep out during cooking. <br /><br />4. Replacing the aluminum foil flat on the baking tray, cover the entire surface with bacon, overlapping the slices so that the bacon layer forms a continuous sheet. Then place the meatloaf at one end and roll along the bacon, holding the aluminum foil as a guide, until the bacon is wrapped around the entire meatloaf.<br /><br />5. Wrap in aluminum foil and bake at 390°F for 60 minutes, removing the foil after 30 minutes so that the bacon crisps up nicely.
