Bacon Cheeseburger MEATLOAF (it is not your grammas meatloaf, that is for sure) !

Ingredients
2 lb. extra lean ground beef
2 egg, beaten
1/4 cup milk
2 cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
1/2 tsp. each garlic powder, seasoning salt, dried oregano leaves
1/4 tsp. cracked black pepper
1/2 cup REAL bacon cut coarsely
8 slices Fully Cooked Bacon

HEAT oven to 400°F. Mix all ingredients except bacon.

Make It!
Mix all Meat, cheese and bacon pieces together
Mix the seasonings in to the breadcrumbs then add that an the Milk and Egg to the meat mixture!

SHAPE into loaf in 9x5-inch stoneware loaf pan; top with bacon slices.

BAKE 1 - 1.25 hours or until done (160ºF). Let stand 5 min. before removing from pan and slicing to serve.

Serve with a mixed green salad and steamed vegetable, such as green beans.
I like to arrange bacon slices in criss-cross pattern on top of meatloaf before baking.

Keeping It Safe
Cook meatloaf until your PC instant-read thermometer inserted into center of loaf registers 160°F, or when center of loaf is no longer pink.

Left-overs make a FABULOUS hot sandwich the next day!