The ideal spiral ham for the holidays! To create this sweet and delicious glazed ham recipe with a dash of festive spice, I combined the best elements of several glazed ham recipes.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 1 ham |
Ingredients
- 9 (9 pound) spiral-cut ham, refrigerated
- ¼ cup apple cider
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ½ cup dark brown sugar
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons whole-grain Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground ginger
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes
- 1 pinch ground cloves
Instructions
- Place ham in a roasting pan and allow it to rest at room temperature for 30 to 45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- Mix apple cider, orange juice, and vinegar together in a bowl.
- Open the spirals of the ham to reveal more of the meat’s surface area. Pour the juice mixture over the ham. Cover with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven until heated through, about 45 minutes.
- Whisk maple syrup, dark brown sugar, white sugar, mustard, soy sauce, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, red pepper flakes, and cloves together in a saucepan over medium heat until shimmering and smooth, about 2 minutes. Simmer 2 minutes more; remove glaze from heat to cool a bit.
- Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Remove aluminum foil from heated ham. Brush 1/3 the glaze atop the ham to cover it completely.
- Return ham to the hot oven. Bake, uncovered, about 8 minutes. Repeat adding glaze and baking for 8 minutes more.
- Remove ham and baste a third time with remaining 1/3 glaze. Continue baking until glaze is caramelized and bubbly, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest 10 to 15 minutes before slicing. Drizzle pan juices on top.
- Nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of glaze ingredients. The actual amount of glaze consumed will vary.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 5701 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 1676 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 400 g |
| Saturated Fat | 150 g |
| Sodium | 1148 mg |
| Sugars | 18 g |
| Fat | 433 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |