Awesome Baked Ham
I love this recipe because it is so easy and it calls for hardly any ingredients, and I always have these ingredients in my pantry. This recipe came from a good friend's mother, who was always asked to bake the ham for get-togethers and family dinners. Now I get those requests. People who ordinarily aren't too fond of ham rave over this one. After I carve, I spoon a little of the glaze over the meat in the platter - yummmm!
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OMG!!! Until I tried this recipe, I wasn't wild about baked ham. Besides pizza, it would probably be one of the last things I'd really ever have a craving for. However, hams were on sale, and I remember my mom used to bake a ham, then use the remaining bone to put in a pot of red beans, which being from Louisiana, red beans and rice is a traditional weekly meal, and one of my favorites. I had a 9 lb. half ham, so I adjusted the recipe accordingly. The only addition I made was to put some ground cloves into the brown sugar/mustard paste, then right before it was done, I opened the foil, decorated it with pineapple and cherries, and returned it to the oven, uncovered, and under the broiler for about 5 minutes more, to try to caramelize it a little. Boopster, I will NEVER bake a ham any other way from now on! Because of your recipe, I love baked ham!! It was so moist and juicy, and just deeeeeeeeeelicious! Thank you very much for sharing! :) -
Rather than the dried out smoked to death ham we usually have I decided to make this recipe. It was wonderful. The coating was not a paste....more like a sauce. I was afraid it would not be on the ham long enough to flavor it. The cooking time seemed a little long for the small, bone in ham I had so I cooked 3 hours and let it rest 1 hour. Super ham, super sauce, super sandwiches from left overs. Very moist and good, thanks.
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Another Easter has passed and here is another 5-star rating for this ham recipe! This ham is truly the best I have ever tasted -- very moist and flavorful. (One of our guests even said it was so juicy that it squirted a bit when she cut into it!) I used an 8 lb. Kunzler ham, halved the brown sugar/paste recipe and cooked it all for 2 hours. Then let it set for 20 minutes before carving. Delish!!! My family has been preparing ham for decades, but none ever tasted like this! TIP: It WILL leak no matter how tightly you wrap it because the "paste" expands when heated, so be sure to line your pan with an extra piece of tin foil for easy cleanup.
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Wonderful! And so easy to make. I never thought of wrapping ham in foil. Clean-up was a breeze!
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Used this recipe to make a 6 lb boneless ham. Baked for 2 hours and rested for 1 hour - it came out fantastic, not salty at all and just the right amount of sweet. Thanks for sharing the recipe, I just love it!
