Iowa Ham Balls
a classic Iowa tradition, ham balls
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 45
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 24 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- Meatballs
- 2 pounds ham (already ground if you can find it or ham loaf works too!)
- 1 pound ground pork
- 2 cups crushed crackers (I used Ritz)
- 1 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- Glaze
- 1 can tomato soup
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 5 tablespoons vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine the ground ham, ground pork, crushed crackers, milk, eggs, and onion powder. Mix until combined.
- Shape the mixture into 1 inch meatballs and place in two greased 8×8 pans.
- Bake ham balls in oven at 375 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until an internal temperature of 165 is achieved.
- While the ham balls are baking, prepare the glaze. Combine the tomato soup, brown sugar, vinegar, and mustard powder in a small saucepan over medium high heat.
- Boil several minutes while stirring to combine and remove from heat. Set aside.
- Once the ham balls are baked, remove from the oven and pour glaze over the top.
- Return ham balls back to the oven and bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until glaze has set and thickened.
- Remove from oven and enjoy warm!
Notes
- **Since I couldn’t find ground ham, I chunked my ham up and pulsed in the food processor until finely minced.