Mom's Best Meatloaf - Gluten-Free Meatloaf Recipe (2024)

The ultimate comfort food is really anything mom makes, and mom's best meatloaf is just that. Made just like grandma did with ground beef, oatmeal, and a ketchup glaze.

January 18, 2020 By Leah 11 Comments

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Every single time my mom comes over to visit, my husband and kids want her to make meatloaf. It is like they have some sort of meatloaf shortage when they are stuck with me as a cook. The last time mom came over and got the meatloaf request, I decided I needed to learn how to make mom's best meatloaf since it is also a gluten-free meatloaf recipe without any substitutions or changes.

Mom's best meatloaf recipe is a gluten-free meatloaf recipe with oats as the binder and made with ground beef, oats, onions, eggs, milk, and a sweet and tangy ketchup glaze that is baked to perfection. This recipe was actually handed down from her mom so I guess I should really call this recipe Grandma Tootie's Best Meatloaf but I sort of hated meatloaf back when my grandma was making this meatloaf.

Gluten-Free Meatloaf Ingredients

So many meatloaf recipes call for crackers, bread, or breadcrumbs. This old-fashioned meatloaf recipe uses oats as the binder keeping the meatloaf together. This helps catapult my mom's meatloaf into an easy gluten-free recipe. For this meatloaf recipe, you will need the staples of most meatloaves.

• Ground Beef:I would recommend a 90/10 or 93/7 beef for this to keep from too much shrinkage from the fat being cooked out.
• Oats:Old-fashioned rolled oats. If you only have quick oats, this will work as well.
• Milk: Whatever you have in the fridge will be fine. We use 2% milk.
• Eggs: The whole thing, not just yolks or whites.
• Onions: A diced white or sweet onion will do just fine.
• Salt and Pepper

The best part of this meatloaf might actually be the glaze on top. This glaze is a sweet and tangy combination of ketchup, mustard, and brown sugar.

How to Make Mom's Best Meatloaf

In a large bowl combine the oats, eggs, milk, onion. Then mix the ground beef, salt, and pepper into the mixture. I use my hands. My mom likes to use the mix and chop. But whatever your preference, mix the hamburger with the oat mixture.

When the hamburger and oats are mixed together form two mounds of meat in a 13X9 pan or lasagna pan.

Form the two mounds into oval-shaped loaves, leaving a space between each meatloaf. Forming two smaller meatloaves allows for the cooking time to be less. A full two-pound meatloaf can take a long time to bake. When the loaves are formed you are ready for the best part. It is time to prepare the glaze for the top of the meatloaf.

Mix the ketchup, mustard, and brown sugar together until the sugar is completely dissolved in the ketchup and mustard. Then spread the glaze over the top of the loaves of meat.

Bake the meatloaves for 30-40 minutes on 350º or until the middle of the meatloaf is fully cooked and the juices run clear. When the meatloaf is done, let it sit for 5 minutes before cutting to keep the juices in as much as possible.

If this recipe sounds amazing, then you will also want to try my ham balls that have a bourbon glaze over the top. The same glaze would also be great on this meatloaf.

Mom's Best Recipes

I don't know about you, but moms have all the best recipes. Here are a few more recipes I have stolen from my mom's recipe box.

Crock Pot Italian Beef

Danish Puff

Grandma's Texas Sheet Cake

Gluten-Free Recipes

Crock Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork

Quick Cheesy Potatoes - Easy Loaded Cheesy Potatoes Recipe

Crock Pot Cajun Bacon Beef Roast

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