Honey Glazed Ham
5 pounds ham (in one piece, or sliced)
1/4 cup whole cloves
1/4 cup dark corn syrup
2 cups honey
2/3 cup butter
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
Score the ham, and stud with the cloves. Place the ham in a foil-lined
pan or roaster.
In the top half of a double boiler, heat the corn syrup, honey, and
butter. Keep the glaze warm while baking the ham.
Brush the glaze over the ham, and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or
the appropriate time for your ham to reach 160 degrees
internally. Baste the ham every 15 minutes with the glaze. During the
last 4 to 5 minutes of baking, turn on the broiler to
caramelize the glaze.
Remove from the oven, let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Notes:
This is what we had on Christmas day. mmmmmmm!
I heated the glaze in the microwave to mix it, and it was fine for the
entire baking time
.
My ham was 8 pounds (bone in), but there was plenty of glaze.
Opening the oven every 15 minutes for basting will add considerably to
the baking time, even if you take the ham out and close the
door while basting.
I skipped the caramelizing step (totally forgot about it!) but it
turned out really delicious anyway!
Recipe from Amy (Krueger) Lindesmith
This page was last modified January 8, 2002