Brown Sugar Glazed Ham
Moist and caramelized Brown Sugar Glazed Ham is infused with orange, apricot and warming spices and then glazed to perfection.
Ingredients
- 10-15 pound spiral cut pre-cooked ham
Basting Sauce Ingredients
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon
ground mustard
- ¼ cup apricot jam or preserves
- 8 oz. orange juice
- ½ cup granulated sugar
Glaze Ingredients
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup salted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 275°F.
- In a small saucepan, combine basting sauce ingredients: cloves, nutmeg, ginger, ground mustard, jam, orange juice, and the sugar.
- Heat over medium, stirring occasionally until the sugar and jam have dissolved into a liquid sauce. Simmer for 1-2 minutes.
- Remove the ham from its packaging. Place the ham, cut side down, on a rack in a large roasting pan.
- Use a pastry brush to coat the ham with the basting sauce. The sauce will be runny, some will run down into the roasting pan and that is fine. Baste the sauce between the layers of ham as much as possible.
- Cover the ham and pan with aluminum foil and bake in the oven for about 2 ½ hours. (The ham is already cooked through, so you are heating it to serving temperature, typically 140°F.) Check the ham every 30 minutes or so and brush the juices up over the ham to baste it (optional).
- When the ham is heated through, remove it from the oven and discard the aluminum foil. Increase the oven temperature to 425°F.
- Combine the glaze ingredients (sugar, butter, and brown sugar) in a small saucepan.
- Heat over medium until the butter is melted and the mixture forms a paste.
- Brush the glaze all over the outside of the ham.
- Place the ham back into the oven (no cover) and cook for 10-20 minutes longer until the sugar glaze caramelizes. Be careful not to burn the glaze. Remove from the oven.
- Slice and serve after allowing the ham to sit for about 10 minutes.
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Notes
- I’ve used a pre-cooked ham for this recipe to cut down substantially on the overall cooking time. When preparing a pre-cooked ham, always follow the heating recommendations on the ham packaging and you can also go ahead and discard any glaze or rub that comes with the pre-cooked ham since you’ll be making your own with this recipe.
- You can cook a ham from scratch although it’s going to increase the cooking time by about 2-2.5 hours. Cooking time is usually 20 minutes per pound of ham when cooking it from scratch instead of using a pre-cooked ham.
- You have the option of serving your ham warm or cold depending on whether you’re serving a cold lunch/dinner or want a warm meal.
- You can cook the pre-cooked ham with the basting sauce for less time (or skip the basting sauce completely) and simply use the glaze recipe and instructions for a caramelized coating.
- While it’s completely optional, if you want to caramelize the glaze on your ham much faster, place the ham under the broiler for a couple of minutes after applying the glaze. If you do use the broiler, make sure to keep a watchful eye on your ham as it is more susceptible to burning or burning the top without caramelizing the sides.
Nutrition
Calories: 589kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 57g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 231mg | Sodium: 3528mg | Potassium: 907mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 166IU | Vitamin C: 80mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 3mg
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