Ingredients:

• 1 cup whole milk
• 6 slices white bread
  • *Can substitute 1 1/2 cups bread crumbs for milk/bread.
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 cup (heaping) grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt (I didn't use this)
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• Fresh ground black pepper to taste
• 1/3 cup minced parsley
• 4 whole eggs, beaten
• 10 slices bacon (or use as much as you'd like!)

Sauce:

• 1 1/2 cups ketchup
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• Hot sauce to taste (if desired)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. If using milk and bread, pour milk over bread slices and let soak for several minutes.
3. Place ground beef, milk-soaked bread (or bread crumbs), Parmesan cheese, both salts, pepper, and parsley in a large mixing bowl.
4. Pour in beaten eggs.
5. With clean hands, mix the ingredients until well combined.
6. Form the mixture into loaf shape on a broiler pan, which will allow the fat to drain. Line the bottom of the pan with foil to make clean up easier. I put the meatloaf on a wire rack above a foil-lined cookie sheet which worked well (didn't have a broiler pan).
7. Lay bacon slices over the top, tucking them underneath the meatloaf. I overlapped my slices by 25-50%.
8. Make the sauce (mix all ingredients listed above together) and pour 1/3 of the mixture over the top of the bacon. Spread evenly over the whole meatloaf.
9. Bake for 45 minutes, then pour another 1/3 of the sauce over the top.
10. Bake for another 15 minutes. Slice and serve with the remaining sauce.