Hot Ham Buns

I thought I would re-post this favorite Hot Ham Buns recipe that is always a huge hit!

Every Halloween, since we had children, my husbands’ family would come to our house to celebrate. The kids would come having already eaten dinner (otherwise we could never get them to have dinner once they had bags full of candy) and dressed to go trick-or-treating.  The guys would take the kids around the neighborhood, while the ladies stayed at our house waiting to pass out candy.

It has been a long time since we have had trick-or-treaters at home, but we still love making these hot ham buns and keeping a batch in the freezer to break out for an easy lunch or last-minute dinner!

These Grab and Go Hot Ham Sandwiches are easy to make and even easier to eat!

To make it festive, I lined a shallow basket with handles with faux fall leaves and placed the fresh out of the oven sandwiches among the leaves.  They stayed warm in the foil and were ready when everyone arrived back at our house.  Because they are individually wrapped it makes it easy to pass around to guests, with little or no mess. I can’t think of Halloween without having them and we made up a batch this weekend to have on hand. They are perfect for a picnic or evening around the fire pit.

I hope you like them as much as we do!

Print Recipe

Hot Ham Buns

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time30 minutes mins

Course: Main

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Dinner, Easy, Family Friendly, Freezer Friendly, Ham and cheese, Ham buns, Ham sandwiches, Horseradish, Hot Ham Sandwiches, Lunch, Make Ahead, Poppy Seed

Servings: 4

Author: Joan Brode

Ingredients

FOR 4 SANDWICHES

• 1/4 Cup Soft Butter
• 2 Tablespoons Prepared Horseradish Mustard you can also use Gulden's Brown Spicy Mustard
• 2 Teaspoons Poppy Seeds
• 2 Tablespoons Chopped Onion
• 4 Hamburger Buns
• 1/2 Pound or 12 slices Baked Ham thinly sliced (3 slices per sandwich)
• 4 slices Swiss Cheese 1 per sandwich

FOR 24 SANDWICHES

• 1 1/2 Sticks Soft Butter
• 1/4 Cup Prepared Horseradish Mustard you can also use Gulden's Brown Spicy Mustard
• 1/8 Cup Poppy Seeds
• 1/4 Cup Chopped Onion
• 24 Hamburger Buns
• 3 Pounds or 72 slices Baked Ham thinly sliced (3 slices per sandwich)
• 24 slices Swiss Cheese 1 per sandwich

Instructions

• Pre-Heat Oven at 350F
• Combine the softened butter, horseradish mustard, poppy seeds, and onion in a medium bowl
• Spread the butter mixture on the top side of each bun
• Put one slice of Swiss cheese on the bottom half of each bun
• Put 3 slices of Ham on top of the Swiss cheese
• Cover the ham with the top half of the buns
• Wrap each bun in aluminum foil
• Heat for approximately 20 mins or until the cheese has melted.
• Serve Warm

Notes

We freeze the uncooked wrapped sandwiches and when we want to serve them we remove from the freezer, thaw in the refrigerator overnight and then heat as directed.

For an appetizer, after heating we cut each bun in 4 and serve on a platter. YUM!