Brown sugar meatloaf recipe: 59 photos
FAQ
How to make meatloaf
- Use high-fat meat. The leaner the meat, the dryer and grainier the meatloaf. ...
- Add moisture at every step. ...
- Use soaked crustless bread. ...
- Sauteed vegetables are key. ...
- Don't play patty cake with the meat. ...
- Taste-test the meat mixture. ...
- Give the meatloaf space in the pan. ...
- Glaze it up.
A combination of white sugar and molasses is your best bet for a brown sugar substitute, as that's exactly what brown sugar is made of (1). To make your own light brown sugar, mix 1 cup, or 200 grams (g), of granulated white sugar with 1 tablespoon (tbsp.), or 15 milliliters (mL), of molasses.
Combining white sugar with molasses may be a better brown sugar substitute, but if you don't have molasses, other liquid sweeteners like honey, maple syrup, or agave nectar will work as well. You should mix a tablespoon or two of the liquid sweetener into a scant 1 cup of white sugar to replace a cup of brown sugar.
Milk and other dairy products, like heavy cream and buttermilk, contain both water and fat, adding two types of moisture to our meatloaf. There's a long-held theory that milk can tenderize ground meat, and this is the reason often cited for cooking ground meat in milk to make a Bolognese-style ragù.
Alternatively, rice, barley, corn flakes, crackers, and dried soup mix can also stand in as binding ingredients as well.