Thelmas Best Ham Loaf Recipes

NANCY'S HAM LOAF (USING LOTS OF HAM)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Have ready 2 8-x4-inch loaf pans.
• Mix all ingredients (except sauce ingredients) together. Divide among loaf pans. (It may also be made in a 9- x 13-inch pan.).
• Bake 1 hour in preheated oven. Remove from oven and pour the sauce over the tops of the loaves. Return to oven and continue baking 1/2 hour longer.
• To make sauce: Combine sauce ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring to make sure everything is combined well and sugar is melted.

THELMA'S BEST HAM LOAF

Steps:

• 1. FOR THE HAM LOAF: Mix together 1 pound each ground ham and ground pork in a large bowl. Add cracker crumbs, milk, onion, egg, and pepper. Mix well.
• 2. Mold the mixture into a 8-1/2x4-1/2x2-1/2" loaf pan. Then turn out into a shallow baking dish. Bake in a 350-degree preheated oven for 1-1/2 hours.
• 3. FOR THE MUSTARD GLAZE (OPTIONAL): Mix the brown sugar, mustard, and orange juice. For the last 30 minutes of cooking time, spoon the fat from the pan. Stud the ham loaf with cloves, if desired, and spoon the glaze over the ham. Continue baking and baste occasionally.
• 4. This is delicious served hot with the mustard glaze and Mother's cheese potatoes on the side, but I like it even better served cold the next day in a sandwich with some yellow mustard!

SUE'S HAM LOAF OR HAM BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix ground meats, eggs, graham crackers, and milk together.
• Form into loaf or balls.
• Spread topping on meat.
• Bake uncovered at 350F for 2 hour (for loaf) or 1 hour (for meatballs). Baste occasionally.

~ BEST HAM LOAF ~ MUSTARD GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degree F. In a large bowl, mix milk and cracker crumbs. Let crackers absorb milk a few minutes. Mix all remaining ingredients until well blended. Spray a 9 x13 baking dish. Dump in the mixture and shape into loaf as you would for mess loaf. Place in oven and bake for 1 hour.
• 2. While baking, place all glaze ingredients into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then simmer for a few minutes, stirring often, until sugar is dissolved and starting to thicken some, remove from heat.
• 3. After hamloaf has baked 1 hour, glaze top and continue baking another 15 minutes. Glaze again, then serve hot. The remaining glaze can be served with.

HAM LOAF

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the eggs; add milk, bread crumbs and pepper. Add ham and pork; mix well. In a shallow baking pan, shape meat mixture into an 8x4-in. oval. Insert a thermometer. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. , Meanwhile, combine glaze ingredients. Spoon over loaf. Bake 40 minutes longer or until the thermometer reads 170°, basting occasionally with glaze.

HAM LOAF I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, combine the ham, pork, eggs, bread crumbs, evaporated milk, salt and ground black pepper. Mix all together well and form into a loaf. Place loaf into a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 90 minutes.
• While the loaf is baking, combine the brown sugar, mustard powder and vinegar. Mix well and pour over the loaf in the final 15 minutes of baking.