Glazed baked ham
Glazed baked ham recipe in the christmas category
Recipe ingredients:
- Whole or half smoked ham
- Glaze:
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
- 3/4 cup orange juice
- Whole cloves
- Pineapple slices and/or maraschino cherries, optional
Recipe method:
- Score top of ham using diagonal cuts about 1 inch apart and about 1 inch into meat.
- Insert 1 clove into each square, or less if desired.
- Place in roasting pan and set in preheated oven.
- Stir together the brown sugar, mustard and orange juice. Brush all over top of ham.
- Roast 15 minutes per pound at 325 degrees F, basting with pan juices and additional glaze every 20 minutes.
- If desired, place pineapple slices with cherries in center, secured with toothpicks, on top for final hour or so of roasting.
- Remove from oven. Let rest for at least 20 minutes before slicing.
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