Amish Style Apple Butter Ham Loaf

Recipe by Lori McLain

Ingredients:

Loaf ingredients:

1 pound ground pork

1 pound ground smoked ham

2 eggs, beaten

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1 tablespoons stone ground mustard

1 cup Diamond soda cracker meal

1/3 cup finely chopped onions

2/3 cup apple butter

1 tablespoon brown sugar

Basting Sauce ingredients:

½ cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon prepared mustard

½ cup boiling water

½ cup mild vinegar.

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix all loaf ingredients well. Press into a loaf pan. Mix the basting ingredients in a small bowl.

Top formed loaf with basting sauce.

Bake in a 350-degree oven for 45-60 minutes until lightly browned, adding a little more basting sauce at 39 minute point if desired.