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heather's best baked ham with uncooked glaze.

(2 ratings)
HeatherKay avatar
Recipe by
Heather (Carlson) Nickola
@HeatherKay
Lowell, MA

My best baked ham is a to die for recipe and makes excellent leftovers; from ham salad to mac-cheese with ham. It is loved by everyone that I have served it to and never had a unkind word except that I am fattening my family LOL!

(2 ratings)
yield 4 -7
prep time 10 Min
cook time 4 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For heather's best baked ham with uncooked glaze.

  • 8-10 lbs
    ham shoulder or ham butte ( all meat should be cooked for a half an hour to every pound of the meat)
  • I can
    pinapple slices or chunks
  • 2 Tbsp
    mustard, spicy brown
  • 1 jar
    maraschino cherries
  • 3 Tbsp
    grade a amber, maple syrup- no imitations please!
  • 1/2 c
    dark or light brown sugar
  • 3 pinch
    whole cloves
  • large soup pot, for boiling ham
  • medium mixing bowl
  • large baking pan with cover

How To Make heather's best baked ham with uncooked glaze.

  • 1
    First, you need a large pot big enough to cover the ham with water. Be sure to remove all the plastic around the ham and DO NOT forget the plastic insert on the bottom! Set ham in the pot, add cloves,and place on burner to boil. Once boiling, change setting to medium heat. Rotate ham while simmering for 2 hours. Throw away the cloves when done simmering. Also remove the thick skin covering the fat. DO NOT remove the fat as this keeps the meat tender! Remove any fat you wish at the end of the baking. Begin heating the oven at 350 degrees toward the last half hour of the simmering.
  • 2
    Gather the other ingredients to make the uncooked glaze. Open the can of pineapple adding only the juice to the mixing bowl. Reserve pineapple for the meal. Then open the jar of cherries and add half the juice to the mixing bowl reserving the cherries for the meal. Add brown sugar, mustard, and maple syrup to the mixing bowl and stir to well blended. Put mixture to the side.
  • 3
    Once the ham is done simmering, remove from the very hot water to a tall baking pan with large serving forks. Preferably a pan that allows the ham to be covered while it is baking. If you do not have one, do not worry! Covering the ham well with aluminum foil will work just as well.
  • 4
    Now take the reserved uncooked glaze mixture and poor completely over the ham. Try to get some inside the ham through the cracks in the meat, as it helps to season the meat inside. Adding some pineapples and cherries is fine if you wish but not necessary, some do like cooked fruit on a ham. Either way is fine.
  • 5
    Once the ham is covered or well foiled, place ham in the oven. Bast with a turkey baster every half hour for 2 hours. This is all the baking time you need as most packaged hams are cooked through if not partially cooked. Take ham from oven and leave covered on the stove for a half hour allowing the ham to cool slightly enough to be served. Voila! Bon Appetite!
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