Festive Ham Glaze Recipe

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Festive Ham Glaze Recipe

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As long as I can remember, my favorite room's been the kitchen. My glaze dates back to shortly after my husband (of 23 years now) and I were married. My parents were visiting, I cooked a Sunday ham with this glaze—and I've done it that same way from then on. Since my husband made his career in the Air Force, we spent years in the city or living in close quarters. When he retired, we decided to plant roots here where we could experience the daily wonder of God's creation. (The rise and set of the sun, silhouetting the mountains in the distance, is breathtaking.) Our children are 17 and 11.

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10-16 servings

TOTAL TIME:

Prep: 10 min. + marinating Bake: 2 hours

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MAKES:

10-16 servings

TOTAL TIME:

Prep: 10 min. + marinating Bake: 2 hours

Ingredients

1 bone-in fully cooked ham (5 to 8 pounds)
1-1/2 cups orange juice
1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Directions

Score surface of ham, making diamond shapes 1/2 in. deep. Place in a large baking dish.
In a bowl, mix remaining ingredients; pour over ham. Cover and refrigerate overnight, turning ham occasionally.
Reserving glaze, remove ham to a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Insert thermometer. Bake, uncovered, at 325° until thermometer registers 140° about 2-4 hours, brushing occasionally with glaze. Yield: 10-16 servings.

Originally published as Festive Ham Glaze in Country Woman March/April 1994, p31

Ingredients
Directions

1 bone-in fully cooked ham (5 to 8 pounds)
1-1/2 cups orange juice
1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Score surface of ham, making diamond shapes 1/2 in. deep. Place in a large baking dish.
In a bowl, mix remaining ingredients; pour over ham. Cover and refrigerate overnight, turning ham occasionally.
Reserving glaze, remove ham to a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Insert thermometer. Bake, uncovered, at 325° until thermometer registers 140° about 2-4 hours, brushing occasionally with glaze. Yield: 10-16 servings.

Originally published as Festive Ham Glaze in Country Woman March/April 1994, p31

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kredhead User ID: 710648 265133

Reviewed Apr. 24, 2017

"This is a fabulous ham! I only had time to marinate it for half a day & it was plenty flavorful. The spice level & sweetness were perfect. I didn't have an orange, so I subbed a half a jar each of orange marmalade & pineapple preserves for the orange peel & brown sugar. I would do this again the same way. Rave reviews. This is now my go to ham recipe."

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forbiddendelight User ID: 5108393 246724

Reviewed Apr. 7, 2016

"AMAZING!!! I've always searched for a great recipe for my ham. THE BEST. I made it for Easter dinner. Everyone loved it. I give this 10 ??"

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Angel-Leah User ID: 7411788 240234

Reviewed Dec. 25, 2015

"This is the best tasting ham glaze! It seems too easy to make to be so delicious. The men in my family decided it was the best ham they had ever had."

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bethsylvester User ID: 2252351 16448

Reviewed Mar. 4, 2013

"My husband is SO PICKY and he raved about this glaze. It was very simple to prepare and was DELICIOUS. Basting the ham while it cooked gave it a great crusty, sweet glaze. I am going to try this on ham steaks tonight."

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Beaches74 User ID: 6901852 10664

Reviewed Dec. 31, 2012

"After reading all of the baked ham recipes I am so glad I picked this recipe.it is so good! I like the idea of marinating the ham I put it in a roasting bag so all the juices would stay in the bag and turning it often instead of putting the ham in a bowl. This baked ham recipe was so delicious. I will keep this one in my recipe box and make it again. So good and very moist so easy."

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luvbprincess User ID: 4759415 200947

Reviewed Apr. 8, 2012

"so easy and simple to make and by the way it taste GREAT"

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lgibbs101 User ID: 6051287 16334

Reviewed Dec. 26, 2011

"Loved this glaze! I think this will be our go to glaze for Christmas."

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sanji User ID: 3722954 6796

Reviewed Dec. 26, 2008

"This glaze is delicious. Wonderful flavour. I used it on a spiral ham for Christmas dinner, and it was the best I've ever tasted. All the family raved about it too."