Best Homemade Honey Baked Ham Recipes

HONEY BAKED HAM (THE REAL THING!)

Steps:

• First you must slice your ham, if it is not already sliced.
• Use a very sharp knife to cut the ham into very thin slices around the bone.
• Do not cut all the way to the bone or the meat may not hold together properly as it is being glazed.
• You want the slices to be quite thin, but not so thin that they begin to fall apart of off the bone.
• You may wish to turn the ham onto its flat end and cut around it starting at the bottom.
• You can then spin the ham as you slice around and work your way up.
• Mix the ingredients together in a small bowl.
• (I like to make double this recipe for a nice large ham).
• Lay down a couple sheets of wax paper onto a flat surface, such as your kitchen counter.
• Pour the sugar mixture onto the wax paper and spread it around evenly.
• Pick up the ham and roll it over the sugar mixture so that it is well coated.
• Do not coat the flat end of the ham, just the outer surface which you have sliced through.
• Again, I like to stuff some of the sugar mixture INSIDE the slices.
• Turn the ham onto its flat end on a plate.
• Use a blow torch with a medium-size flame to caramelize the sugar.
• Wave the torch over the sugar with rapid movements, so that the sugar bubbles and browns, but does not burn.
• Spin the plate so that you can torch the entire surface of the ham.
• Repeat the coating and caramelizing process until the ham has been well-glazed (don't expect to use all of the sugar mixture).
• Serve the ham cold (don't put the sugar between the slices if you plan on doing this) or re-heat (THEN put the sugar between the slices BEFORE you caramelize it) just like the real thing!
• Don't be frightened to use the torch!
• You can to it outside, if you wish.
• Just set it on something fire proof and have fun blazing away!

HONEY GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Score ham, and stud with the whole cloves. Place ham in foil lined pan.
• In the top half of a double boiler, heat the corn syrup, honey and butter. Keep glaze warm while baking ham.
• Brush glaze over ham, and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Baste ham every 10 to 15 minutes with the honey glaze. During the last 4 to 5 minutes of baking, turn on broiler to caramelize the glaze. Remove from oven, and let sit a few minutes before serving.

HOMEMADE HONEY BAKED HAM RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Line a roasting pan with foil (optional, but makes cleanup much easier), and place roasting rack inside.
• Remove spiral ham from packaging, remove any wrapping material, and pat dry.
• In a medium sized pan, mix together butter and honey, melting on medium heat, whisking until melted and well combined.
• Pour over ham, making sure to get all over and brush into crevaces and ridges. Cover ham with foil.
• Bake in oven for about 1 hour and 45 minutes, until your ham reaches 140 degrees internal temperature (be sure to not hit the bone of your spiral ham when measuring temperature.)
• Remove from oven, remove foil, and set aside. Drain off any fat or drippings from ham, and set aside for glaze.
• Set oven temperature to 450 and let preheat.
• In a small bowl, mix together sugar and spices. Set half in a bowl to use as a run over the ham, and place half in a small pot to heat on the stove as a glaze.
• Sprinkle half of the sugar and spice mixture - the half to be used as a rub- carefully to prevent burning your hands, over ham, making sure it is evenly coated in sugar and spice rub, and return to oven.
• Bake additional 5-8 minutes, until bubbly and hot. You can broil if you like, but we prefer baking. Bake until glaze is golden, ham is fully cooked so this is just to get your ideal amount of crunch!
• In small pot, whisk together sugar, spices, and ham drippings or fat (if your ham didn't give off enough drippings or liquid, add 2-4 tbsp butter), and melt, stirring frequently to mix.
• Let glaze thicken and reduce by half. Remove from heat and serve with ham.