Recipe: Appetizing Mom's Ham Balls

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Mom's Ham Balls. This ham ball recipe is pretty simple, it is just a matter of mixing the ingredients and baking. Mix above ingredients and make into small meatballs, about the size of a golf ball. Place side by side in baking dish.

Mom's Ham Balls Ham Balls are a traditional Midwestern recipe made with ground beef and ground ham coated in a sweet and tangy tomato brown sugar glaze. -Susie Mom's Dinner. Make the meatball mixture with ground beef, ground ham, graham cracker crumbs, milk and egg. How to Make: In a bowl, combine eggs, milk and cracker crumbs; mix well. You can cook Mom's Ham Balls using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mom's Ham Balls

  1. It's of Meat Mixture.
  2. You need 2 lb of Ground Ham.
  3. You need 2 lb of Ground Pork.
  4. It's 1 lb of Ground Beef.
  5. You need 3 cup of Graham Cracker Crumbs.
  6. You need 2 cup of Milk.
  7. Prepare 4 of Eggs.
  8. Prepare of Sauce Mixture.
  9. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of Brown Sugar.
  10. You need 2 can of Tomato Soup.
  11. You need 3/4 cup of Vinegar.
  12. Prepare 2 tsp of Dry Mustard.
  13. Prepare of NOTE: We double the sauce mixture so there is enough.

Pour over bread and add to meat. Form into oblong balls or small loaves. In a large bowl, combine the ham, pork OR sausage, and the ground beef. Stir in the milk, eggs and graham cracker crumbs and mix well.

Mom's Ham Balls step by step

  1. Preheat oven to 350° Can also make in larger turkey roaster @ 350°.
  2. Combine meats, crumbs, milk and eggs in bowl and combine well..
  3. Shape into approx. 80 (1 1/2 in) balls. Place in a single layer(i did double layer. It was fine) in large baking pan..
  4. In a bowl mix together soup, sugar, mustard and vinegar and pour over balls..
  5. Bake @ 350° for about 1 hr..
  6. These are great to throw in the freezer and thaw out for lunches or a quick dinner. Also great for parties..
  7. You can also make loaves with this receipe.

Making Ham Balls is very much like making meatloaf, the moisture of the mix is important. You might have to play with the meat ratio to get a blend that easily makes and holds the ball shape depending on if you can get the ham loaf mix or not. In a large bowl, combine first five ingredients. Place in two large shallow roasting pans. Combine all remaining ingredients; pour over balls.