Old-Fashioned Sage Loaf

      2 lb Ground beef
      2 x  Eggs
      1 c  Quick-cooking rolled oats
      1 x  Medium onion, grated
      1 c  Canned applesauce
      2 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Pepper
    1/2 ts Leaf sage, crumbled
      1 tb Bottled steak sauce

Mix ground beef lightly with eggs, rolled oats, onion, applesauce, salt, pepper, and sage until well-blended. Pack firmly into a loaf pan 9x5x3; unmold into a shallow baking pan. Score top in criss-cross pattern and brush with steak sauce. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until brown.


Yield: 8 Servings