Smokey Apple Cinnamon Meatloaf

Do y'all know what y'all tell me all the time when I'm out on the road

We love it when Michael Groover is on your show. Well, guess what, y'all

Michael's in the kitchen and we're fixing a smoky apple cinnamon meatloaf

That's good. Served up with a sweet Vidalia onion pie. Oh, look how pretty it is

Look at that. And yummy carrot bundles. What a beautiful plate this is

We all know how Michael loves his coffee. That coffee is magical, isn't it? Yeah

So I'll treat him to some chocolate cupcakes with a coffee cream filling

This is so good. You're going to love it. Y'all, we got a great menu today

You know what man doesn't love meatloaf? I have not met a man that doesn't love meatloaf

Especially your meatloaf. Especially my meatloaf. You're so sweet. This is called a smoky apple cinnamon meatloaf

I've got bacon in here in the pan cooking, y'all. And I'm going to pull these three out because I need three strips of bacon

It's just kind of par-cooked. And then we're making one of Michael's favorites, a Vidalia onion pie

And listen to him. When Michael makes that noise, I know I've got a home run. Mmm

So, Michael, I need about three-fourths of a cup of the diced onions for our meatloaf

Okay. And if you'll just put it in that bowl for me. And then I'm going to need for you to thinly slice those two whole onions

I'll do it. And then we're going to put them in the pan and kind of caramelize them because that's going to go in our pie

And for our meatloaf, y'all, I've got one and a half pounds of lean ground beef

I've got a half a pound of ground pork. pork. That pork is really

going to release its fat and season this up. Alright, so in goes my meat

And you know I'm going to do this with my hands, y'all, because that's the way I can get it good

Just go in there and mix that onion up in that meat

Next, I'll add one egg. Now I'm going to add a cup of breadcrumbs

I'm gonna add some pepper and I'm gonna add a teaspoon of salt and if you would

measure me out three-fourths of a cup of the applesauce we're gonna toss that in

all right and what makes this y'all that's perfect Michael you've never

lack for self-confidence, have you? What makes this the smoky apple cinnamon meatloaf

is a smoky apple cinnamon sauce. And I'm going to use about three tablespoons

of this in the meatloaf. Smell this, Michael. That's good

Look, he had like a surprise look on his face. Oh, it's delicious

Thank you. And, Michael, could you put about three tablespoons of butter in that pan

Two, three. Oh, look, he measures like me. I love it. All right, now I'm going to put the crispy bacon right there, and I'm going to move this

All right. I'm just going to mix all that up. Now I'm going to put that in my little loaf pan and just pack it down in there

All right. So I've got my meatloaf in my pan. Now I'm just going to brush this with the cinnamon applesauce

And I love it. Kind of thick on there. And it's going to kind of like caramelize on top

It's going to be so good. All right, now I'm just going to lay our par-cooked bacon on top of that

Michael, if you would get that in the oven for me, baby, just put it in the small oven

I'll do it. We're going to bake that at 350 for about an hour

And then I'm going to pull it out, and I'm going to lather it with more of our apple cinnamon salt

To put our Vidalia onion pie together, it's so simple, y'all. Now, we have just used a refrigerator crust, and you can see I'm using a real deep pie dish

All right, so I'm going to measure out a half cup of milk

I'm going to add three tablespoons of flour to my bowl because that's going to make our pie like custardy

All right, now I've got my two eggs. Why? The baby dogs have just come in here

Hunting dogs. Hunting dogs. That's what Michael said when we first met

He would walk my dogs. And of course his friends would see him with these two little sissy dogs with their rhinestone collars And Michael would say Hey guys I walking my hunting dogs

All right, so there we go. I wanted to beat my flour up first with those eggs before I added my liquid so I could control the lumping

I'm going to go ahead and add the milk. I'm going to add about a teaspoon of salt

We're going to need one and a half cups of sour cream, and I recommend using a full-strength sour cream, not a light

And that's it. We've got our custard now for our Vidalia onion pie

Look how smooth that is. Isn't that pretty? How you coming, baby

I think they're about ready. Okie doke. All right, so I'm going to take our bacon and I'm going to just crumble it up because we're going to put this on top of our pie

Okay, Mikey. You want to dump your onions, baby? Yeah. Just dump them into the bottom of our pie crust

I'll do it. We're just going to pour our custard on top of our onions

All right, so look at this, Michael. How yummy is that? Now I'm just going to take our bacon

We're just going to pile that on top. And we're going to bake that in the oven

a 325-degree preheated oven for about 30 minutes. Just long enough for those eggs and the milk to set

It's going to be delicious. Coming up, y'all, I've got a perfectly sweet side dish

to complete our savory meal. Mm-mm-mm. And later, I'm fixing coffee and dessert all in one delicious bite

Yum. We're back, y'all. Michael's taking our onion pie out

He's taking our meatloaf out. Oh, look how pretty it is. Look at that onion pie

Just sit it right there on the trivet. Oh, gosh. That is beautiful

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Y'all, we're going to finish off our meal by making our vegetable to go with that wonderful onion pie and meat loaf

And we're going to make carrot bundles. I'm going to start by blanching us off some chives

Isn't that gorgeous? These need to be softened up a little bit so they'll be pliable so I can tie up our carrots

And it's not going to take long. Michael, if you would start peeling the carrots and cut them in like bigger than a matchstick for me

And like I said, you can see these already starting to get soft

All right, so I'm just going to swish that around in an ice bath so that they'll quit cooking

And to make the sauce that I'm going to bathe our carrot bundles in is so simple

I'm going to use three tablespoons of brown sugar, y'all. And about three tablespoons of butter

So we're going to get that going. The next ingredient is a fourth of a cup of white wine

And when we get our carrots tied up in bundles, I'm going to let them go swimming in our sauce

So this is a good way for me to get Michael to eat his vegetables

because he really is like a little boy. Your mother had a heck of a time getting you to eat your vegetables, didn't she

Yeah, she was a fabulous cook, too, and we had a garden and would have fresh vegetables all the time

I would actually hold my breath and chew them up and swallow them

I remember you telling me the story about you and Hank coming home from football practice

We would stop on the way home from football practice and eat five hamburgers each

Then we'd stop at a donut place and eat it. I ate a half dozen. Hank ate a dozen on the way home

And we'd just eat like it was normal. Y'all were chubby guys, weren't you

Well, I don't know why you used that in the past tense

So the carrots go in the boiling water, and it doesn't take but like two or three minutes

You want them to still have a lot of body on them. I'm going to take a couple of chives and just tie them up

And you don't want to pull it too tight because your chives could break

And then I'm going to put it down in that wonderful sauce

You want me to help tie them up? Yeah, you can come help tie

Aren't those pretty? Mm-hmm. This is a good way to get your kids to eat

This is a great way to get your kids to eat And they can even come in and tie them up All right Michael I gonna get over here because I just want to make sure that you going to get your kids to eat And they can even come in and tie them up All right Michael I going to get over here because I just want to make sure they get all in that sauce

Uh-huh. Doesn't that look good? Mm-hmm. You know, these almost take on the taste of sweet potatoes

when you start adding that butter and brown sugar. And I'm ready to go eat

Me too. Oh, my goodness. Look at all that onion in there, y'all

Mmm. Smells so good. Perfect. What a beautiful plate this is. Mmm, mmm, mmm

Look at those onions. Delicious. Is it good? Mm-hmm. I'm so glad you like it

Mmm. I'm going in for a carrot now. Okay. Don't you just love that sauce on top of it

How are the carrots? They're good. They don't even taste like carrots. I told you. Mm-mm-mm

There's something just comforting about me, love, isn't it? Yeah, that bacon makes it delicious

Mm-mm. You know, my favorite, I think it's the onion pie. It is delicious

Mm-mm. Coming up, we're going to make something good and sweet. A little cake gets a big captain kick

And later, a special frosting for my special man. It's looking good, isn't it

Yeah. Michael and I, in the last segment, we just had the most wonderful meal

We're going to take Michael's wonderful coffee, and guess what we're going to make with it

I can't wait. One of your favorite things in the whole world. We're going to make cupcakes

Oh, come on. I can promise you this, they're going to be delicious

So, Michael, if you'd start measuring up the wet ingredients, I need one cup of strong black coffee that's cooled off

I need a cup of vegetable oil measured out. Okay. And over here, I'm going to start my dry ingredients

and I'm going to need two cups of sugar. All right, so there's our sugar

and then I'm going to add two and a quarter cup of all-purpose flour

And these cupcakes are so easy to make. I'm going to add a half a teaspoon of salt

one and a half teaspoons of baking soda, a teaspoon of baking powder

and I'm going to need three-fourths a cup of cocoa. And this is an unsweetened cocoa I'm using, y'all

And I'm just going to whisk those dry ingredients together. before we start adding our wet

So you can just dump it right in there, Michael. All right

So I'm going to start my little electric mixer. And, Michael, if you would start by adding the coffee

Okay. And add the oil. And, y'all, this oil is going to make these cupcakes so delicious

and moist. The coffee is what's doing it. That coffee is magical, isn't it? Yeah

All right, now I'm going to need for you to break three eggs into here, and we'll just add

them one at a time. Okey-doke. Now you can put in the other one

So see how easy those cupcakes were to mix up? But now we got two more ingredients to add to it that's really gonna richen this up

We're gonna use one eight-ounce carton of sour cream. Sour cream is wonderful intake batter, y'all

Oh, my goodness. And then about a teaspoon of vanilla flavoring. Well, maybe that was a little bit more, but that's all right

All right, so I'm just going to incorporate that sour cream into our batter

And, Michael, if you'd reach back there and get our muffin tins. Okay

We'll start scooping this up. We're going to fill up our liners about two-thirds full

This makes 30 cupcakes. Now, we're going to put this in the oven

Michael, you can go ahead and do that. We're putting those in a 350-degree oven, y'all

and we're going to bake them for about 16 to 18 minutes

Michael, I'm going to put you a surprise in the center of these cupcakes after they come out of the oven

I'm going to use a three-ounce package of cream cheese that's softened to room temperature

If you would measure me out a fourth of a cup of coffee liqueur

I'm going to beat this real, real good, y'all, because I don want any lumps And it going to be very important that your cream cheese is at room temperature That a pretty color That a pretty what

I said it was a pretty color. Pretty color, like color. Did y'all get that corny joke

You're so cute. And see, I just think all your corny jokes are so funny

You're probably the only one. Listen, that's why you liked me. Because I laughed at your funny jokes

Took me a long time to send somebody. I appreciated them. So I'll just add this liqueur just a little at a time

And now I'm going to fold in a chocolate-flavored frozen topping. Like whipped cream

Yeah. We're going to use an 8-ounce container. So we're just going to take that, and I'm not going to beat it

because I'm afraid that if we do too much beating, it could deflate it

So I'm just going to fold and then kind of mash until all that cream cheese is in there

It's looking good, isn't it? Yeah. Stick your finger in there and tell me how you like it

Mmm. I think that's going to be fabulous inside those cupcakes. And you know what

We're still not going to be through with these cupcakes. And we're not done with your coffee yet

Don't you go anywhere. Now for the fun part. Michael and I have one last step to make our cupcakes complete

You want me to taste one? No, not yet. All right, we're ready to finish up those cupcakes that we started

And Michael, I need for you to measure me out three cups of confectionate sugar, please

I've dumped a stick of softened butter into our bowl. One, two, three

All right, now I need for you to measure up about a fourth of a cup of that strong cold coffee of yours

You know, it doesn't take much liquid for confectionate sugar, So you want to add just a little bit at a time

All right, a little bit more. There we go. We don't want this too thin because it won't stay on our cupcake

Right. So I think we've about got enough coffee in there, Michael

So that was a little less than a fourth of a cup of coffee that we poured in here

Look-a-there. Wasn't that fast and easy? Yes. All right, we've got our cupcakes down here

and I filled a pastry bag with our coffee-flavored filling. Now for the fun part

We're going to take our piping bag, and we're just going to put our little needle down into that cupcake

and we're going to squeeze about a tablespoon in there. And I tell you what, I'm going to let you do that

Uh-huh. And you don't want to put your needle too deep because you don't want to break through the paper

So we're just going to frost our cupcakes now with that wonderful coffee-flavored icing

Oh, these look so good, don't they? You don't want me to taste one

No, not yet. In just a second. So I've got some chocolate-covered coffee beans

and I'm just going to garnish our cupcakes with a few of those

Michael, it's time for you to taste. Let's see what we've got inside of there

Oh, my goodness. Doesn't that look good? Mmm

Do you like it or do you love it? Those are delicious

Aren't they yummy? I've got my own, baby. Mmm. They are wonderful

Mmm. There's nothing more gratifying than having somebody in the kitchen with you that you just love

What's so fun cooking with you? Because I get to test your food. Yes, you do

And I hope you won't stay away long. I hope in no time you'll be back in the kitchen with me

Grab your man, grab your woman, and get in the kitchen with them today and cook

You never know what it might lead to. Isn't that right? Michael and I send y'all loving best dishes

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