Ham and Mac Bake

Submitted by Stephanie S.

"I got this recipe from a casserole cookbook I checked out at the library. I was very intrigued by the apples in this. My kids weren't sure but they ate it and DH and I enjoyed it very much. This is NOT your ordinary mac and cheese, but good all the same. EDITED: As per the review, I've rechecked the recipe at our library and I indeed had a typo and have changed this."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 13 1⁄2 ounces elbow macaroni
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons mustard
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups cubed ham
• 2 medium apples, peeles and thinkly sliced
• 1 1⁄2 cups soft breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

directions

1. Cook macaroni in boiling salted water just till tender, 8 to 10 minutes; drain.
2. In large saucepan melt the 1/4 cup butter; blend in flour, brown sugar, mustard, salt, and pepper.
3. Add milk all at once; cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Stir in cooked macaroni, ham and apple slices.
4. Turn mixture into a 2 quart casserole.
5. Combine bread crumbs and the 2 T. melted butter; sprinkle over casserole.
6. Bake, uncovered, at 350 for about 35 minutes.

Reviews

[Melissa and her Pan]

This was just bizarre. I assumed the amount of macaroni is incorrect, as 3.5 oz of mac is barely a cup. I used 14 oz instead. The recipe looked fine but tasted incredibly bland. My dd, who is very open-minded and adventurous (and loves all things mac) would not eat it past bite 3. We ended up tossing more than half of it.