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Sliced of oven baked ham with brown sugar apple glaze, being cut on a board before serving.
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A Glazed Ham Recipe with a Simple Brown Sugar Glaze

An easy glazed ham recipe that features a tangy simple brown sugar glaze you can make with either pineapple or apple sauce.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Canadian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 10 minutes
Servings 20 servings
Cost $35

Ingredients

  • 10 - 12 lb Smoked ham bone in

Apple Brown Sugar Glaze

  • 1 tbsp butter (melted)
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp dijon mustard
  • 1 cup pineapple or apple sauce
  • pinch ground cloves
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon

Instructions

  • Line pan with tin foil, place the ham in pan. Please your ham fat side up, and slice the top of the ham about 3/4 of an inch deep in a criss crossed diamond shape. Cover and seal with tin foil, place in oven and let bake.
    Scoring the top of a ham for baking in the oven.

Apple Brown Sugar Glaze

  • When you ham is almost done. In a small bowl melt the butter in the microwave. Add the pineapple (applesauce), brown sugar and spices. Mix until blended, and set aside until the ham is ready.
    A small white bowl filled with pineapple, brown sugar, and cinnamon for mixing a brown sugar glaze for ham.

Glazing the Ham

  • Half hour before serving, removed the ham from the oven.
  • Cover with the brown sugar glaze, making sure the ham glaze goes down into the diamond slits you cut into the top of the ham.
    A large baked ham in a tinfoil lined roasting pan, being covered in brown sugar glaze.
  • Place the ham back in oven uncovered until the glaze is browned, about 15 minutes.
  • Let the ham cool for 10 minutes, then slice and serve.
    Slicing a oven baked apple and brown sugar glazed ham.