Honey Ham

I made this one time and it was pretty good! It's semi-homemade because I buy a ham that's already cooked. The only time consuming part is needing to glaze this repeatedly.

Made it a 2nd time with a 9 lb spiral ham from Kroger.
Here's what I did:
1) Pre-heated oven to 325
2) Lined pan with foil and placed ham on it
3) Score ham
4) Made glaze in sauce pan by combining: 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/3 cup olive oil, and 1 cup of honey (was enough to glaze 9 lb ham). Make sure to leave the glaze on low heat in sauce pan
5) Baked for 1 hour, continuing to glaze every 15-20 min. I baked this ahead of time in the morning
6) Before dinner, baked for 20-30 min to reheat it at 325, pouring the glaze on top of the ham again

 Tips from others:

·         OK, I had a 8 lb cooked, smoked spiral sliced ham. I halved the glaze and had the perfect amount (but I am a very generous baster). I used (keep in mind I halved it) 1/4 tsp of ground cloves, 1/4 c of brown sugar instead of the corn syrup, 1 cup of honey and I actually did about the same amount of butter as if I made the full amount I applied the glaze about every 25 minutes. Make sure you keep the glaze warm and a huge tip! Line that crock pot with foil because the clean up is a bear. Personally, I used the new slow cooker liners and cleanup was a snap becuase you just throw the bag away. Be sure you have a good brush too - the baste is sticky and you will end up with hair all over. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

·         However, I did follow some of the other suggestions and use brown sugar instead of the syrup. I used about 1/3 cup butter, 1/2 C of brown sugar, and about 1/4 honey. You could adjust these however you want easy enough

·         My clean up was a breeze. I put my ham in one of those oven cooking bags. Instead of basting it I just poured it over the ham in the bag, sealed it up and just turned the whole bag it self every 15-20 min. I put it in a 9x13 foiled line pan but never got any glaze on it. Worked for me. I didn't use whole cloves but the ground ones.

·         had a 16 1/2 lb ham and used 2 cups of honey, approx 3/4 cups of brown sugar (instead of corn syrup) and 1 cup of butter - no cloves. It was "thick" enough to brush on with a grill brush and wasn't too drippy in the oven

Honey Ham (~from allrecipes.com)

Ingredients:

1 (5 pound) ready-to-eat ham 1/4 cup whole cloves (didn't use) 1/4 cup dark corn syrup (used 1/4 cup brown sugar instead)

2 cups honey (used 1 cup honey) 2/3 cup butter (Used 1/3 cup olive oil)

Directions:

1.	Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2.	Score ham, and stud with the whole cloves. Place ham in foil lined pan.
3.	In the top half of a double boiler, heat the corn syrup, honey and butter. Keep glaze warm while baking ham.
4.	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.