Gluten Free Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf with Ketchup/Brown Sugar Glaze

I have seen a few posts of meatloaf "cupcakes"with mashed potatoes as the "frosting", so I decided to see if I could make a meatloaf that wasn't dry and had to be smothered in gravy or ketchup.  I think this meatloaf came out completely delicious and I was bummed I didn't put more of the glaze on it.

Gluten Free Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf with Ketchup/Brown Sugar Glaze

Meatloaf:

2 lbs ground beef

1 lb pork sausage (I used Jimmy Dean Regular Sausage)

1/2 white onion diced

6 garlic cloves, diced

1 carrot, shredded

1 stalk celery, finely diced

6 pieces  gluten free bread

1 cup milk

4 eggs, beaten

1 tsp thyme

1/2 tsp dry mustard

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp Season Salt (Lawry's")

1/4 cup parmesan cheese

2 tbsp worcestershire sauce

6 strips of bacon

Glaze:

1/2 cup ketchup

4 tsp apple cider vinegar

5 tbsp brown sugar

1/2 tsp dry mustard

a couple dashes of hot sauce (I used tapatio, but you could use any hot sauce)

a few dashes of worcestershire sauce

1 pinch ground cumin

 In a shallow dish, lay the bread in a single layer.  Pour the milk over the bread and let it soak at least 5 minutes.

Mix dry ingredients and set aside. To the meat, add the eggs. Take the bread out of the milk and squeeze most of the excess milk out of it and break it into the meat mixture.  Add the remaining ingredients and mix until everything is evenly distributed.  

Form into a loaf on a baking pan or put into a loaf pan. Lay the bacon strips across the top of the meatloaf and tuck into the sides of the loaf pan or under the loaf if you made it on a baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour 10 minutes. Or until the internal temperature is 150 degrees.  If you are putting them into a muffin pan, they only need to bake for about 35 minutes.  The glaze can be put on half way through the cooking process.

If you're making the "cupcakes", just make mashed potatoes and add to the top of the meatloaf cupcakes.  I sprinkled cheese, bacon and green onions on top.  Delicious!

To make the glaze, just mix the ingredients together and pour over meatloaf half way through cooking time. 

Enjoy!!