Ham with Peach Glaze

Name: Ham with Peach Glaze
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: 8-10 servings.
Ingredients: 1 fully cooked bone-in ham (5 to 7 pounds); Whole cloves; 2 cans (8 ounces each) sliced pineapple, drained; Maraschino cherries with stems; 1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar; 1/3 cup peach or apricot nectar; 3 tablespoons cider vinegar; 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

Tender slices of this fruit-glazed ham are on our family's Christmas menu every year. Topping the meat with pineapple slices, cherries and cloves makes it look festive--and adds to the flavor of this easy holiday entree. -Christine Eilerts Tulsa, Oklahoma

Ingredients

1 fully cooked bone-in ham (5 to 7 pounds)
Whole cloves
2 cans (8 ounces each) sliced pineapple, drained
Maraschino cherries with stems
1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1/3 cup peach or apricot nectar
3 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

Directions

Place ham on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Score the surface of the ham, making diamond shapes 1/2 in. deep; insert a clove in each diamond. Secure pineapple slices and cherries on ham with toothpicks.
In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, peach nectar, vinegar and ground cloves. Spoon half of glaze over ham.
Cover and bake at 350° for 2 hours. Uncover; bake 20-30 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 140°, basting twice with remaining glaze.

Originally published as Ham with Peach Glaze in Taste of Home December/January 2004