Recipe - Italian Meat Loaf Patties

2 pack Wide Noodles
1 tablespoon Butter Or Margarine; melted
1 cn Del Monte Italian Or Sloppy
Joe Sauce
2 pound Ground Beef
1 cup Dry Bread Crumbs
2 Eggs; beaten
1 tablespoon Dried Onions

Preheat oven to 375. In 8quart pot cook noodles according to
directions;drain.(Rinse half of noodles in cold water;cover and refrigerate
for Layered Noodle Bake)Toss remaining noodles in butter;keep hot. Set
aside half of sauce to brush on patties. In large bowl ,combine remaining
sauce with remaining ingredients;mix with fork. On large ,greased baking
sheet, shape meat mixture into (1inch thick) oblong patties.Brush reserved
sauce on patties. Bake 20 minutes or until no longer pink in
center.(Cool;cover and refrigerate half of cooked patties for Layered
Noddle Bake) Serve remaining patties with hot, buttered noodles.

NOTE:when shaped into patties they bake in half the time

Recipe by: Del Monte Easy & Delicious Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe
Exchange Newsletter by Lynne Corbin corbin@misslink.net on Aug 31, 1997