Mom's Meat Loaf

Ingredients:
2 eggs
¾ cup milk
2/3 cup finely crushed saltines
½ cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon rubbed sage
Dash pepper
1 ½ pounds lean ground beef
1 cup ketchup
½ cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Directions:

• In a large bowl, beat eggs.  Add milk, saltines, onion, salt, sage, and pepper.  Crumble beef over mixture and mix well.  Shape into an eight by four inch oval in ungreased shallow baking pan.
• Combine the remaining ingredients and spread ¾ cups over meat loaf.  Bake at 350° for sixty to sixty-five minutes until no longer pink and reaches 160°; drain.  Let stand for ten minutes before slicing.  Serve with remaining sauce.

Makes 6-8 servings.