On the Fourth I found myself without a plan for our lunch, BUT with an assortment of odds and ends I needed to use up. This included the rest of a package of dinner rolls, some deli ham, and a partial package of Swiss cheese slices. The perfect set of ingredients for one of my easy favorites, Oven Ham Sammies. I got this recipe from a contributor at Tasty Kitchen, which has quickly become one of my go-to recipe sites (and incidentally, is affiliated with The Pioneer Woman). Check it out if you haven’t been there. Anyway, back to the food at hand. These little sandwiches are easy to make and are great leftover. Perfect party food, weekend food, or “use up the stuff in your fridge” food. You start by splitting a dozen rolls. The original recipe calls for Kings Hawaiian rolls (which are hands down the best for this sort of thing), but this time I just used regular dinner/slider rolls. Then, you basically make 12 ham and cheese sandwiches – layer the ham and the Swiss cheese on each roll half and then replace the tops.
I put these in a foil-lined 9×13 baking pan for easy cleanup. I didn’t have enough cheese slices for each sandwich to get its own (and really, they were too big for this size sandwich anyway), so I tore the slices into smaller pieces and distributed evenly.
Next, make the sauce. Melt butter in a measuring cup, then add minced onion, poppy seeds, ground mustard, and Worcestershire (other than the butter, I didn’t measure any of the other ingredients – just put in “some”).
Mix well and pour evenly over the tops of the sandwiches.
These are best if you cover them and put them in the fridge overnight or at least for a couple of hours. When you’re ready to serve, bake them at 350, uncovered, for about 15 minutes. So yummy!
Here is the official ingredient list (but I just go with whatever quantities I happen to have):
16 oz. thin-sliced deli ham
12 slices Swiss cheese
1 pkg. King’s Hawaiian rolls (12 rolls)
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 tsp. onion flakes
1 tsp. poppy seeds
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. ground mustard
