Ditch the glaze package and make your own spice mix for your Easter ham! This Honey Glazed Ham recipe will show you how easy it is.
This is the perfect holiday ham! Serve it up with some Scalloped Potatoes and Lion House Rolls and your dinner will be amazing!
If you are going to have Easter, you must have ham, right?
I can’t believe I’ve been blogging for nearly 6 years, and I’ve never posted a ham recipe. Plenty of recipes with ham, but not a recipe just for a ham. Maybe because it’s so simple that I never really thought to post one.
This is really so easy that it’s almost silly to post a recipe. But I think it’s delicious, and definitely worth ditching the glaze packet that comes with most hams. You most likely have all of the ingredients at home, and it takes minutes to put together. I love a ham with a sweet glaze, but I think my favorite part of this was the hint of heat from the cayenne pepper. I’m all about the sweet, but the heat just brings this all together for me.
And don’t worry – I’ve got plenty of ham leftover recipes coming soon as well!
Ingredients
- Ham: I like to use a bone-in, spiral cut ham. Plan on 1/2 pound per person, if using a bone-in ham. I like to always make sure I have enough for leftovers, too!
- Honey and Brown Sugar: You are using a combination of honey and brown sugar as your sweetener. This is what will make it nice and sticky, too.
- Spices: For the spices, you’ll use a mixture of cinnamon, cayenne pepper, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and allspice. It’s a little bit of sweet and a little bit of heat!
How Long to Cook a Ham
This recipe uses a spiral cut ham, which is what is usually easiest to find here in the United States. You can find both bone in and boneless. I prefer the bone in, because I feel like it doesn’t dry out as easily.
Spiral cut hams are already fully cooked, so technically you don’t even need to bake it. But if you want to add this delicious glaze, it will need some time in the oven for that glaze to form and to heat the ham through.
As a general guide, your ham will need to cook 10-15 minutes per pound. The best thing to do is keep an instant read thermometer on hand and once it reaches 140ºF, it is done!
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Honey Glazed Ham
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours
- Total Time: 2 hours 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 ham 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Description
Ditch the glaze package and make your own spice mix for your Easter ham! This Honey Glazed Ham recipe will show you how easy it is.
Ingredients
- 1 spiral cut ham (mine was about 8.5 lbs)
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon cloves
- dash of ginger
- dash of allspice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325ºF. Place the ham in an oven safe dish.
- In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. The mixture will be thick, but spread over the ham as well as possible. If the whole ham isn’t covered, it’s ok.
- Loosely cover the ham with foil.
- Place the ham in the oven and baste every 15 minutes. Cook for 2 hours, or until completely heated through. Remove the foil for the last 20-30 minutes.
Keywords: Honey Baked Ham
Tracey says
Oooh, I’m with you, I love a sweet glaze on my ham when I have it! And sometimes simple really is best so I love this recipe 🙂
kelley {mountain mama cooks} says
I love a good ham. I agree that we should all ditch the packets as making your own is so simple!
Joanne says
My mom needs to see this! She makes ham every easter and in my opinion the glaze could use a redo. 😛
Erin @ Texanerin Baking says
You know what drives me crazy? (random rant coming) In the US, you see stuff like Bavarian or Black Forest ham, but we don’t even have it in Germany. We only have lunch meat ham. It’s maddening and it ruins my Easter! Hmp.
Anyway, I love that you posted a recipe for just ham! It’s one of my favorite meals – ham and potatoes au gratin! I’ll miss it at Easter but I’ll get my fill when I go for a visit this summer. 🙂 Your spice mixture sounds great!
Nutmeg Nanny says
Honey glazed ham has got to be one of my favorite things about Easter 🙂 so deliciously simple.
Tu says
That ham is simply divine looking. I can’t wait for easter to make a big whole hunk of ham up with some potatoes! Thanks for the party! Linda
Denise@ Soup Spice Everything Nice says
Thanks for hosting Deborah! Your ham looks amazing. Have a great weekend!
teresa says
i LOOOOVE my easter ham, i’ll definitely have to try this, it looks wonderful!
Chels R. says
I love ham, but believe it or not, our family never eats ham for Easter. It’s always a Christmas thing, lol!
Andrea D. says
Do you think the glaze would be good on a ham that is not spiral sliced??
lisa@cookingwithcurls says
Wow, I am getting hungry looking at these photos!!! Thanks for hosting 🙂
Nancy P.@thebittersideofsweet says
You make this look yummy. Great for any day or holiday menu!
Annie @ Annie's Noms says
Thanks so much for featuring my mini egg blondies! Have a great weekend 🙂
Kate says
Your ham looks delicious! Thank you so much for featuring my samoas chex mix!! Thanks for hosting and have a great week!
kari says
Thank you for hosting Deborah, the ham looks amazing.
Stephanie @ Girl Versus Dough says
Love this glaze! I’ve never been the biggest fan of the pre-made stuff so this is perfect!
Tieghan says
Thanks for hosting the fun party!! Hope you have a great day!
Jocelyn @BruCrew Life says
What a great idea to make your own glaze and I like the addition of the cayenne in there to give it a little bit of heat. Thanks for hosting the fun party!!!
Rebecca says
OMG, I was completely shocked when I all of a sudden saw my picture linked up here 😀 Haahaha, I honestly didn’t thought that I would be linked here 😉 Thanks a lot for that Deborah! I highly appreciate it 😀
Take care
Colleen @ What's Baking in the Barbershop?! says
Love spiral cut home! And I love that you’ve made your own glaze. It sounds just perfect!
kirsten@FarmFreshFeasts says
Deborah,
What a great idea to make up your own glaze! I happily ditch the seasoning packet that comes with beans to make my ham and bean soup (you know Shark Week? Next week will be Leftover Ham Week on my blog!) but it never occurred to me to ditch the glaze packet. Your ham looks tasty and I’m looking forward to your leftover ham ideas.
Today I’m linking up a ridiculously tasty muffin made without refined sugar–I used dates and molasses to make it plenty sweet, and oatmeal and whole wheat flour to make it plenty good for you. I’m also linking up my experience making Foodie With Family’s Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala for the first time, while at my in-law’s. Finally, a meatless Mushroom Medley pizza we enjoyed on our Friday Night Pizza Nights.
Thanks for hosting!