Ingredients
- 1 (5 pound) ready-to-eat ham
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup honey
- 5 tablespoons butter
Preparation
Step 1
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Score ham (if not spiral sliced). Place ham in foil lined pan. In the top half of a double boiler, heat the brown sugar, honey and butter. Stir in cloves. 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.
Let's Dish
This is my favorite way to prepare ham, although I rarely bake it in the oven. I find it gets a bit dry that way. You can always tent the ham with foil, but that makes basting difficult. I usually put the ham in my slow cooker. It's really easy to remove the lid for basting, and the ham always stays moist. Of course, the carmelization step doesn't really work in a slow cooker, so if you have your heart set on a crunchy, Honey-Baked-Ham style coating, you'll want to use the oven method. This works with any size ham, just be sure to adjust your cooking time accordingly.