Best Holiday Glazed Baked Ham Recipes

HOLIDAY GLAZED BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 F. Add 1/2 cup of water to the bottom of a roasting pan and place the rack on top.
• Place ham flat side down on top of the rack. Score the ham with a knife to make shallow cuts, about 1/4-inch deep. This helps the ham soak in the sweet glaze. Cover the pan with foil to keep the ham from getting overcooked and dry.
• Bake the ham covered for 2 hours until the internal temperature at the thickest part registers at 135F on a meat thermometer.
• Increase the oven temperature to 425 F.
• In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, honey, mustard, apple cider, cumin powder and cinnamon. Whisk until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Remove the pan from the oven and generously brush half of the glaze over the ham to coat. Return the pan to the oven and bake uncovered for 15 minutes. Then repeat, applying the remaining glaze and baking for another 15 minutes until the ham caramelizes and turns brown.
• Transfer to a serving platter and pour pan drippings on top. Slice and serve with cranberry sauce.

CONTEST-WINNING HOLIDAY GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Place ham on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Score the surface of ham, making diamond shapes 1/2 in. deep; insert a clove in each diamond. Bake, uncovered, 1-1/2 hours., Drain pineapple, reserving juice. In a small saucepan, combine pineapple juice, preserves, mustard and allspice. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 10 minutes or until slightly thickened. , Spoon half of the glaze over ham. Secure pineapple slices and cherries on top and sides of ham with toothpicks., Bake 30-45 minutes or until a thermometer reads 140°, basting twice with remaining glaze.

HOLIDAY HAM GLAZE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients (just prior to use) in a non-reactive saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Stir constantly while heating.
• Reduce heat, stirring and allow to simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Apply to ham while warm.

RITA'S SWEET HOLIDAY BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, mix together the maple syrup, orange juice, ginger ale, brown sugar and honey. Stir in the juice from the maraschino cherries, and half of the cherries. Score the outer edge of the ham with a sharp knife in a diamond pattern. Cuts should be about 1/4 inch deep. This will allow the ham to soak up the juice.
• Place the ham into an oven bag, and carefully pour the juice mixture over it, keeping all of the juice in the bag. It may look like there is too much juice, but the ham will soak it up while baking. Place the pineapples onto the top of the ham, and secure with toothpicks. Place cherries into the centers of the rings, and secure with toothpicks also. Tie the end of the bag closed with the ties provided, place in a large roasting pan, and cut a few small slits in the top of the oven bag.
• Bake the ham for 2 hours in the preheated oven. The internal temperature should be 160 degrees F (80 degrees C) when done. Be sure not to touch the bone when taking the temperature. Remove ham from bag to a serving plate, and let stand for 10 minutes before carving.

GLAZED HOLIDAY HAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees. Place the ham on a rack in a large roasting pan. Score the ham diagonally left to right, then right to left, to create a diamond pattern across the meat. Stud each diamond with a whole clove.
• Add a cup or two of water to the bottom of the pan, then bake the ham, uncovered, 25 minutes to the pound if it is ready-to-cook, about half that if it is ready-to-eat.
• Combine the mustard and the brown sugar in a bowl, then add the sherry to make a thick paste. Spread the mixture over the ham approximately 20 minutes before it is ready to remove from the oven, then bake until crust has formed.

HOLIDAY BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Remove rind from ham.
• Place ham on rack in open roasting pan, fat side up.
• Insert meat thermometer with bulb in thickest part away from fat or bone.
• Roast ham in oven about 3 hours.
• Drain pineapple; reserve syrup.
• In small saucepan, combine syrup, preserves, mustard and allspice.
• Bring to a boil; continue boiling, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.
• Remove ham from oven, but keep oven hot.
• Stud ham with cloves; brush with glaze.
• Using wooden picks, secure pineapple and cherries to ham.
• Brush again with glaze.
• Return ham to oven.
• Roast 30 minutes longer or until thermometer registers 160°F (about 25 minutes per pound total cooking time).
• Brush with glaze 15 minutes before done.
• Let ham stand 20 minutes before slicing.

HOLIDAY BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Mix the sugar, mustard & coke.
• Spray roasting pan with non stick spray.
• Line roasting pan with heavy duty aluminum foil.
• Spray foil with non stick spray.
• Wash Ham.
• Score ham with knife.
• Place ham flat side down.
• Baste the ham with glaze.
• Drizzle a little honey over top of ham
• Place pineapple slices on ham and secure with toothpicks.
• Wrap ham tightly with foil resembling a tent.
• Bake ham at 250.
• 1 hour per pound.
• Baste ham throughout cook time if possible.
• Save the gravy that is cooked off the ham and when ham is cut pour gravy over ham.