How to Prepare Tasty Meatloaf Cupcakes

Meatloaf Cupcakes. Meatloaf baked in muffin cups and topped with mashed potatoes, also known as meatloaf cupcakes with mashed potato icing, are kid-approved. In a saucepan over medium heat, add the potatoes, water to cover the potatoes, and salt. Bring potatoes to a boil, then reduce the heat and cover.

Divide mixture evenly among muffin cups, pressing mixture down firmly. Italian - add garlic, oregano, Italian seasoning, rosemary, basil, Mexican - add coriander (cilantro), cumin, chills, capsicums, peppers, serve with avocado and salsa; Cheeseburger meatloaf - add mustard, hide cheese inside which will melt when cooked, serve with homemade ketchup; Toppings - grated cheese, bacon pieces or slices, parmesan, mozzarella, sliced tomato. Place stuffed meatloaf mixture into muffin cups. You can cook Meatloaf Cupcakes using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Meatloaf Cupcakes

1. It's 1 lbs of Ground Beef.
2. Prepare 2/3 Cup of Ketchup.
3. It's 1/4 Cup of Milk.
4. Prepare 1 of Egg.
5. You need 3 Tbsp. of Worcester Sauce.
6. It's 1 of Sleeve Ritz Crackers.
7. It's of Shredded Cheddar.
8. Prepare of Salt & Pepper.
9. Prepare of Finely Shredded Mozzarella.
10. Prepare 2 cups of Mashed Potatoes.
11. It's of Pink & Purple Food Coloring.
12. You need of Cupcake Liners.

I piped the mashed potato on for the photo but ordinarily I just pile it on then fluff it up with a fork - much faster! Using a simple meatloaf recipe, homemade meatloaf is turned into a mini version that is a fun comfort food meal for the whole family with these Mini Meatloaf Cupcakes. The meatloaf itself could have been a bit lighter and more flavorful in my opinion. I also put in a teaspoon of basil a teaspoon of Oregano and a few roesmary leaves.

Meatloaf Cupcakes step by step

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. I used prepackaged mashed potatoes for the "icing" so heat up the potatoes in the microwave and add two drops of food coloring to each bowl. Put them aside to thicken and set..
2. Begin preparing the meat. Add the beef, ketchup, milk, worcester sauce, egg, crackers and cheddar into a bowl and press everything together with your hands. Season with salt and pepper. Prepare a cupcake tin by filling it with paper or foil liners..
3. Scoop the meat into the liners. Press the meat all the way downwards into a cupcake shape..
4. Bake for 30 min. As you can see in the pic, the meatloaf might stick to the papers and they will lose their shape. They can easily be taken out and repapered into new liners. As you take them out, I would recommend patting the oil off the "cupcakes" with paper towels before placing them in the new liners..
5. After they are in the new liners, you can begin to ice them with the mashed potatoes..
6. You can put anything on top from bacon to gravy or chives, but I was going for a more authentic cupcake look so I added finely shredded mozzarella to look like coconut..
7. Heat and serve!.

Combine all meatloaf ingredients, except cheese, in bowl; mix well. Place stuffed meatloaf mixture into muffin cups. Press into a muffin tin sprayed with nonstick baking spray. Pipe the mashed potatoes onto each meatloaf cupcake. Heat the olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.