Feel free to swap and modify anything you like in these cheesy meatloaf muffins since I threw them together haphazardly from ingredients I needed to use up in my fridge.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 meatloaf muffins |
Ingredients
- nonstick cooking spray
- ¾ cup milk
- 3 tablespoons Italian-style salad dressing
- 1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard
- 1 egg
- ½ cup quick-cooking oats
- ¼ cup old-fashioned oats
- ½ cup shredded Swiss cheese
- ¼ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- ¼ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 ⅓ pounds ground beef
- ⅓ cup diced onion
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 teaspoons celery seed
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons Italian-style salad dressing, or to taste
- 2 tablespoons ketchup, or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray two extra-large 6-cup muffin tins with nonstick cooking spray.
- Mix milk, 3 tablespoons Italian dressing, mustard, and egg together in a large bowl. Mix in quick-cooking and old-fashioned oats followed by Swiss cheese, Parmesan cheese, and mozzarella cheese. Let mixture sit for 3 to 5 minutes. Mix in beef, onion, oregano, garlic, celery seed, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Let sit for another 3 to 5 minutes to absorb liquid, as mixture will seem very wet.
- Scoop out mixture and mold into twelve 1/3- to 1/2-cup balls. Place into the prepared muffin tins. Drizzle tops with more Italian dressing.
- Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the centers and browned on top, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove muffins from the oven and drizzle tops with ketchup.
- Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler.
- Broil in the preheated oven until ketchup is cooked and meat muffins are crispy, 5 to 10 minutes.
- If you don’t have an extra-large muffin tin, make balls smaller and place them into normal 12-cup muffin tins. Adjust cooking time accordingly.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 204 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 7 g |
| Cholesterol | 60 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 15 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 265 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |