Dethbert'S Sweet Potato Meatloaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Meatloaf:
3 pounds ground beef
1 sweet potato, diced
1 onion, chopped
1/2 cup oats
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 teaspoon thyme
1 pinch ground black pepper, or to taste
3/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup vegetable juice
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
1 teaspoon mustard powder
Topping:
3/4 cup ketchup
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon prepared mustard

Preparation

Mix ground beef, sweet potato, onion, and oats in a large mixing bowl.
Beat eggs, salt, thyme, and pepper together in a small bowl. Add 3/4 cup ketchup, vegetable juice, Worcestershire sauce, 1 tablespoon prepared mustard, and mustard powder to the egg mixture; stir. Pour the egg mixture into the large mixing bowl; use your hands to mix together. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 8 1/2x4x3-inch glass bread pans.
Divide meatloaf mixture into prepared bread pans.
Bake meat loaves on center rack in preheated oven for 1 hour.
Stir 3/4 cup ketchup, brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon prepared mustard together in a bowl; spread over the meatloaf.
Divide ketchup mixture and spread over the loaves; continue baking for 15 minutes.