These are the best Ham and Cheese Croissants with sliced ham topped with melted cheese on a flaky croissant! Just like my grandma used to make.
Today I wanted to share the best ham and cheese croissants! I’ve been eating these my whole life. It started at my grandpa and grandma’s house.
This was one of my grandma’s favorite things to make for us, and we loved it. One time, she spent hours making homemade chicken noodle soup, and we wouldn’t eat it.
When I say homemade, I mean that she even made the noodles. Now, as an adult, I would love it if someone made it for me, but as a kid…no way…I wanted my chicken noodle soup from the classic red can.
Anyway, the ham and cheese croissants were a much better option for us kids. They were flaky, warm, and covered with melted cheese.
These ham and cheese croissants are super easy to make! The secret is that you assemble the sandwiches and then bake them in the oven for a few minutes.
Putting them in the oven makes the croissant really flaky, and it melts the cheese. You can see it in the picture above! I use croissants from the bakery to make things easier, but if you have the desire to make homemade croissants… go for it!
What kind of ham should I use for these ham and cheese croissants?
The ham I used was leftover from a meal we had recently. Ham is typically a winter meal, but I make it year-round because my family loves it and I think it is one of the easiest meats to make.
You can find my recipe for Mom’s Famous Bone-In Ham here. Or you could also use sliced deli ham if you don’t have leftover bone-in ham.
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The Best Ham And Cheese Croissants
Ingredients
- 4 croissants
- 4 slices cooked, sliced ham
- 4 slices cheese swiss, cheddar, Havarti or whatever your favorite is
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F.
- Warm the ham in the microwave.
- Slice the croissants.
- Top with warm ham and slices of cheese.
- Bake at 350˚F for 3-5 minutes, until the cheese is melted and croissants are toasted and flaky.
Ginger says
This is exactly the reminder I needed of how we fixed these in college during the 1980’s! Thank you. Now we’re retired and this is perfect again as a simple dinner.
Tonia Larson says
Fantastic! I love recipes that bring back memories!
Tanya says
Oh my goodness. Simply delicious as is. I also tried it with some Chick-Fil-A sauce and it was also delicious! I love how the croissants came out perfectly toasted.
Tonia Larson says
Ohhhh that’s a great idea! I have to try it ASAP!
Donna Taylor says
The croissants with cheese and ham
are wonderful and this recipe is great and shows up on many websites. I remember this recipe from long ago but it always included some yellow mustard, which I always added.
Just a suggstion……Donna
sharon sporleder says
I make my own croissants for this sandwich and I roll the dough like you do for a cinnamon roll and mush down on it slightly before baking. The come out more like buns.
Emilee says
Cooking them in the oven right know can’t weight to try them! Looks good!!
Kathy says
These are PERFECT! Just delicious as is! Used deli ham and Swiss cheese and heated as directed!
Love the fact that it is just ham, cheese melted on a croissant! No silly sauces, etc!
I would order this everyday for lunch (kinda pricey)
But just assemble at home and lightly nuke at work for lunch. Yuum! Save money! Thank you!
kevin says
Silly sauces… lol.
Kathy says
These are PERFECT! Just delicious as is! Used deli ham and Swiss cheese and heated as directed!
Love the fact that it is just ham, cheese melted on a croissant! No silly sauces, etc!
I would order this everyday for lunch (kinda pricey)
But just assemble at home and lightly nuke at work for lunch. Yuum! Save money! Thank you!
Marie creek says
Delicious just made another round lol 🙂 in England so cooked at 180 for 8 mins, lovely
sherry Lay says
I am literally baking them in the oven right now! Can’t wait to try it.
Abby says
I am literally cooking this in the oven! Thanks!
capturing joy with kristen duke says
I want to eat this right now!!! Pinned!
Tonia says
Not weird at all! And on the flipside, I like eating breakfast for dinner sometimes too!
Pamela says
Love hot ham and cheese and croissants are amazing. I know the combination has to be fantastic. Thanks for the idea.
Liz says
A nice sandwich. Thank you.