Best 2 Christmas Carol Ham Recipes

CONTEST-WINNING HOLIDAY GLAZED HAM

Contest-Winning Holiday Glazed Ham image

I like to serve this juicy, mouthwatering Thanksgiving ham with mashed potatoes and colorful vegetables. The apricot glaze is delicious, and the pineapple and cloves assure a truly lovely presentation. -Diane Freeman, Falkland, British Columbia

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Dinner

Time 2h20m

Yield 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 boneless fully cooked ham (about 6 pounds)
1 tablespoon whole cloves
1 can (20 ounces) sliced pineapple
1 cup apricot preserves
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
Maraschino cherries

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325°. Place ham on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Score the surface of ham, making diamond shapes 1/2 in. deep; insert a clove in each diamond. Bake, uncovered, 1-1/2 hours., Drain pineapple, reserving juice. In a small saucepan, combine pineapple juice, preserves, mustard and allspice. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 10 minutes or until slightly thickened. , Spoon half of the glaze over ham. Secure pineapple slices and cherries on top and sides of ham with toothpicks., Bake 30-45 minutes or until a thermometer reads 140°, basting twice with remaining glaze.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 248 calories, Fat 6g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 87mg cholesterol, Sodium 1774mg sodium, Carbohydrate 18g carbohydrate (13g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 32g protein.

GRANDMAG'S BAKED CHRISTMAS HAM

Grandmag's Baked Christmas Ham image

We always have a huge smoked ham at Christmas. When my children were little I never slept Christmas Eve night, I always stayed up and cooked the Christmas ham, and waited on Santa. My GrannyN use to cook hers this way, the only thing I changed is I don't pre-bake the ham in brown paper bags like she did. Cook times vary from the size of the ham used. Our ham at Christmas is usually 25-30 pounds. Check the package wrap for suggested cook times for the pound ham that you purchased. My final cook times are approximate, it depends on the thermometer readings. I have also posted a great recipe for leftover ham.

Provided by GrandmaG

Categories Ham

Time 5h

Yield 1 Ham

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

20 -30 lbs whole smoked ham
1 (16 ounce) can pineapple slices, set aside the liquid (if you have a smaller ham use the 4 ounce can)
8 maraschino cherries, whole, set aside 2 teaspoons liquid (I use the red and the green colored ones)
2 (16 ounce) boxes brown sugar (I use dark brown sugar)
1 (1 ounce) jar whole cloves
1 cup honey
wooden toothpick

Steps:

Wash ham throughly.
Cut diagional criss crossed lines one inch apart, one inch deep.
When you are finished the cut lines should look diamond shape.
This has to be done all around the whole ham.
Insert whole clove in each crossed section.
Try to push the clove down at least an inch into the meat.
Bake one hour covered, in very deep baking pan, at 275 degrees.
This is where my GrannyN would have the ham in a paper bag.
Drain off fat.
Bake another hour covered at 275 degrees.
Drain off fat.
Let ham sit uncovered while you warm the honey.
Pour honey over the ham, and cook uncovered for an hour at 300 degrees.
Remove from oven and drain.
Let sit until cool to touch, about 30 minutes.
The ham top should be a little sticky.
If not it's ok.
When cool, using your hands, pack brown sugar all over the top and sides of ham.
Pushing the sugar in the cut slices.
Push tooth picks through the cherries.
Place pineapple rings on top of ham using toothpick with cherries to hold in place.
Insert meat thermometer.
Mix together pineapple juice and cherry juice.
Divide.
Pour half of mixture in bottom of pan.
Cover, and bake for 2 hours at 350 degrees.
Check doneness.
Usually at this point the ham is usually done.
Last 30 minutes, Uncover and pour remainder of pineapple juice on top.