Making meatloaf with Ritz crackers is going to become your family's favorite way to serve up this homemade comfort meal. With very little prep work you can have a dish full of meatloaf and in the oven quickly and ready to eat in about an hour.
If you've never had meatloaf made with Ritz crackers before know that it's pretty incredible. The flakey butter crackers work well as a binder to produce a fluffy textured meatloaf but the little bits of salt from the crackers also work well for flavoring every bite.
This is one meatloaf recipe you're going to need to keep leftovers aside for if you enjoy meatloaf sandwiches the next day like we do.
Meatloaf using Ritz crackers is a dish that makes enough to feed a family so serve it alongside your favorite side dishes and dig in!
We love this easy meatloaf recipe with Ritz crackers and I'm sure you will too!
🥘 Ingredients
- Ground beef
- Eggs
- Worcestershire sauce
- Minced garlic
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Onion powder
- Ritz crackers
- Ketchup
For the exact amounts needed, please see the recipe card below.
🍽 Equipment Needed
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- Bread loaf pan or 8x8 baking dish
- Mixing bowl
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
🔪 Instructions
Check out how to make meatloaf with Ritz crackers with these simple step-by-step instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease an 8x8 baking dish with cooking spray. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients, except for the ketchup. Mix well to evenly distribute ingredients.
Pour the meatloaf mixture into your prepared square pan and bake for 45 minutes.
Remove from oven and drain grease from pan.
Spread ketchup over the top of the meatloaf so that it's evenly covered.
Return pan to oven and bake for an additional 15 minutes until the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F on an instant read thermometer.
Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes before slicing and serving.
🍴 Recipe Tips
When making your Ritz meatloaf, you can crumble up your crackers as finely as you want or leave them chunked. For faster crumbling, you can run them through a food processor but I find that crumbling them with my hands is easy enough and doesn't produce extra dishes to wash.
You can cook your meatloaf in an 8x8 baking dish like I do or in a bread loaf pan. Both work great but will require a different cooking time as one is flatter and cooks more quickly than the other.
💭 FAQs
You can make this meatloaf and keep it stored covered in the fridge until ready to bake. If using a glass pan, make sure to let it sit on the counter for about 30 minutes before baking so you don't shock the cold glass and cause your pan to shatter.
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📖 Recipe
Meatloaf with Ritz Crackers
Equipment
- Bread loaf pan or 8x8 baking dish
Ingredients
- 3 lbs 80/20 ground beef ($10.11)
- 3 large eggs ($0.24)
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce ($0.10)
- 2 teaspoon minced garlic ($0.10)
- ½ teaspoon salt ($0.05)
- ½ teaspoon black pepper ($0.05)
- ½ teaspoon onion powder ($0.05)
- 1 ½ cups Ritz cracker crumbs (one sleeve) ($0.59)
- ¾ cup ketchup ($0.39)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 8x8 baking dish with cooking spray. Set aside. **See note below for bread pan baking instructions
- In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients, except for the ketchup. Mix well to evenly distribute ingredients.
- Pour the meatloaf mixture into your prepared square pan and bake for 45 minutes.
- Remove from oven and drain grease from pan.
- Spread ketchup over the top of the meatloaf so that it's evenly covered.
- Return pan to oven and bake for an additional 15 minutes until the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F on an instant read thermometer.
- Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes before slicing and serving.
Notes
Recipe Tips
- To cook in an 9x11 bread pan bake in the oven at 350 degrees F for 1 hour and remove from oven.
- Drain grease, top with ketchup and return to oven for an additional 30 minutes or until the internal temperature is 160 degrees F.
- When making your Ritz meatloaf, you can crumble up your crackers as finely as you want or leave them chunked. For faster crumbling, you can run them through a food processor but I find that crumbling them with my hands is easy enough and doesn't produce extra dishes to wash.
- You can cook your meatloaf in an 8x8 baking dish like I do or in a bread loaf pan. Both work great but will require a different cooking time as one is flatter and cooks more quickly than the other.
Make Ahead Instructions
- You can make this meatloaf and keep it stored covered in the fridge until ready to bake. If using a glass pan, make sure to let it sit on the counter for about 30 minutes before baking so you don't shock the cold glass and cause your pan to shatter.
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