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Hearty Melted Ham and Cheese Roll Recipe

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Bear with me guys—this ham and cheese recipe really is incredibly tasty, even though the ingredients and how it looks when mixed together tends to deter people sometimes. But if you’re brave enough to give it a go, I know you’ll love how yummy and filling this hearty hamroll recipe is!

hamroll ingredients

This recipe is a family tradition. I’ve had it for every New Years Eve dinner since I can remember. My grandmother found it in a long lost magazine years before I was even born and I’m not really sure why it became a tradition, but I’ve taken it into my own little family’s yearly dinners now.

Ham and Cheese Hamroll Ingredients:

12-13 Hot dog buns

Tin foil rectangles

Filling:

2 cups ham, chopped

2 cups cheddar cheese, cubed (I use Sharp cheddar)

¼ cup (about 3) green onions, chopped

3 large eggs, hard-boiled and chopped

½ cup green olives, chopped

Sauce:

2/3 cup Heinz Chili sauce

½ cup Miracle Whip

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Chop up the ham, cheese, hardboiled eggs, green onions and green olives. Mix them all in a large bowl and add more of any ingredient you’d like until it “looks right” to you.
  2. In a separate bowl, mix together the chili sauce and the Miracle Whip. The sauce should look pinkish-red after stirred. (Just like with any part of this recipe, you can add more or less chili sauce and Miracle Whip based on how you like it to taste. I like a little more chili sauce taste because I’ve never been a big fan of Miracle Whip.)
  3. Add sauce to bowl with filling and mix until it’s all evenly coated.
hamroll mixed together

4. Fill each hot dug bun with some of the filling.

hamroll in roll

5. Then, wrap the buns in a tin foil rectangle, making sure to pinch up the sides. Put the foil buns in a casserole deep dish and put the dish in the oven for about 20 minutes. This will melt the cheese, warm the ham, and mix the ingredients’ flavor together.

hamroll foil

Serve immediately!

Makes 12-13 hamrolls, using these measurements

Recipe Tips:

  • I’ve found that using name brand for the chili sauce is important. The off-brand stuff just doesn’t taste as good.
  • Make sure you use MIRACLE WHIP and not Mayonnaise
  • Add more or less of ingredients however you’d like. My grandmother would do mostly ham and cheese and hardly anything else while my mom always tries to make it pretty even. I tend to put a little less green onions and more green olives, but that’s just how I like it.
    • Even if you don’t like one of the ingredients, put a little in there anyways so you still get the intended flavor
  • For picky eaters, you can make a batch that just has ham and cheese in a hamroll, but that’s no fun!
  • If you have more than what you’ll eat in one sitting, wait to cook them in the oven until you’re ready to eat them. You can reheat any hamroll in the microwave, but it’s not as tasty as fresh from the oven!
hamroll finished

This may not be the most attractive dish, but it sure is yummy! And very filling! Let me know if you try these. The in-laws that have married into our family are pretty split on liking them so I’d be interested to know what your opinion is!

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Hearty Melted Ham and Cheese Roll Recipe

Hollie Schultz
This recipe really is incredibly tasty, even though the ingredients and how it looks when mixed together tends to deter people sometimes. But if you’re brave enough to give it a go, I know you’ll love how yummy and filling this hearty hamroll recipe is!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 12 servings
Calories 299 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 12 Hot Dog Buns
  • Tin foil rectangles
  • 2 cups ham chopped
  • 2 cups cheddar cheese cubed
  • 1/4 cup green onions chopped
  • 3 hard boiled eggs chopped
  • 1/2 cup green olives chopped

Sauce Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup Heinz Chili Sauce
  • 1/4 cup Miracle Whip

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Chop up the ham, cheese, hardboiled eggs, green onions and green olives. Mix them all in a large bowl and add more of any ingredient you’d like until it “looks right” to you.
  • In a separate bowl, mix together the chili sauce and the Miracle Whip. The sauce should look pinkish-red after stirred. (Just like with any part of this recipe, you can add more or less chili sauce and Miracle Whip based on how you like it to taste. I like a little more chili sauce taste because I’ve never been a big fan of Miracle Whip.)
  • Add sauce to bowl with filling and mix until it’s all evenly coated.
  • Fill each hot dug bun with some of the filling.
  • Then, wrap the buns in a tin foil rectangle, making sure to pinch up the sides. Put the foil buns in a casserole deep dish and put the dish in the oven for about 20 minutes. This will melt the cheese, warm the ham, and mix the ingredients’ flavor together.
  • Serve immediately!

Notes

Notes:
  • I’ve found that using name brand for the chili sauce is important. The off-brand stuff just doesn’t taste as good.
  • Make sure you use MIRACLE WHIP and not Mayonnaise
  • Add more or less of ingredients however you’d like. My grandmother would do mostly ham and cheese and hardly anything else while my mom always tries to make it pretty even. I tend to put a little less green onions and more green olives, but that’s just how I like it.

Nutrition

Calories: 299kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 16gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 81mgSodium: 955mgPotassium: 222mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 404IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 225mgIron: 2mg
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Jean

Tuesday 7th of January 2020

I was thrilled to find this recipe, as I grew up eating these. My mother found the recipe in that magazine, too. I had lost my copy of the recipe, but my sons reminded me how much they loved them growing up. We will enjoy eating them again!

Heather Hemmert

Sunday 12th of January 2020

I'm so glad to know we weren't the only ones eating them growing up! I've never met anyone who knew what hamrolls were!

Leighann

Tuesday 31st of December 2019

Thank you so much for taking the time to write out the measurements you use! I'm going to attempt to make these this year and may start a new tradition! ?

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