In the loaf pan you plan to use, melt the butter; add the brown sugar and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
Lay in the pineapple slices evenly across the bottom of the pan.
Using your hands, mix together the ham, breadcrumbs, milk, eggs, and salt and pepper.
Spread over the pineapple slices and bake at 375° for 1 hour.
Turn out ham loaf on a serving platter so the pineapple is right-side-up and serve.
You might wonder where to get cooked ground ham, but there’s an easy way to accomplish this at home if you don’t have a meat grinder.
You can easily find 1-lb.
cans of cooked ham; buy two and either lavishly use it all in this recipe (if your loaf pan is big enough), or save out half of one can for something else such as scrambled eggs and diced ham for breakfast.
Now all you need to do is smash the ham with a meat tenderizer or your hands.
