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Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
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In a large bowl mix ground beef, eggs, diced onions, ketchup, garlic powder, and onion powder. Mixing with your hands is best. Mix it real well.
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Crush the crackers. I always crush the crackers while still in their sleeve.
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Pour crushed crackers into beef. Mix the crackers into the beef mixture well.
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Form into a loaf shape and set to the side.
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Take the bacon and divide it into even amount.
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Take 1 half of the bacon and lay side by side long ways.
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Fold every other bacon strip in half.
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Lay 1 of the other half of the reserved bacon strips across.
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Unfold the half folded bacon strip.
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Fold the other every other bacon strips that were not folded in the previous step.
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Lay a slice of bacon across and then unfold.
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Repeat until you run out of room.
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Start on the other half of the bacon strip until you have made a weave.
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Pace the loaf shaped beef mixture into the center on your bacon weave.
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Wap the weave around the beef loaf shaped mixture.
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Flip the bacon wrapped meat loaf upside down,making the ends of the bacon tuck under the loaf.
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Place the loaf in the center of the oven on a cookie sheet.
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It takes about an hour to cook.
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To make sure it is cooked all the way through, I sometimes use a meat thermometer but that isn't really needed. Sometimes I leave it in for 15 more minutes if I am worried it isn't cooked all the way.
