I can’t tell y’all the last time I bought one of those honey baked hams because my Honey Glazed Ham is the straight up truth. I make sure it stays nice and juicy by cooking it in its own juices. Then I top it off with a killer glaze made with honey, pineapple juice and brown sugar. It’s legit holiday ready. And bonus, I’ve got slow cooker instructions for ya too!
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Honey Baked Ham Ingredients
- Unsalted Butter: Ghee is a nice substitute too.
- Brown Sugar: Swap with homemade brown sugar made with granulated sugar and molasses.
- Honey: Swap in maple syrup for more intense flavor.
- Dijon Mustard: Go with plain yellow mustard or even honey mustard as a swap.
- Pineapple Juice: Replace with orange juice or apple cider.
- Ham: Choose a precooked, spiral-cut, bone-in ham. It’s crucial to make sure you get one that doesn’t already have a glaze on it.
WARNING: Pork is inherently a very salt-forward protein. Some store-bought hams will have also already been brined in salt water. As with any other recipe, salt and pepper your ham as needed. Just go easy on it so you don’t get too salty with it.
How To Make Honey Glazed Ham
Make the Honey Glaze
Step 1: Melt the butter in a large saucepan. Whisk in the brown sugar, honey, mustard, pineapple juice, garlic powder and paprika until combined.
Step 2: Allow the mixture to cook for about 5-7 minutes or until it bubbles and somewhat thickens. Remove the saucepan and allow to continue thickening.
Prepare the Ham
Step 3: Place the ham cut side down in the pan (or slow cooker). Score the ham by making shallow cuts along the top of the thicker skin. This allows the delicious honey glaze for ham to penetrate the skin of the ham.
Step 4: Brush one-third of the glaze over the top of the ham.
Bake the Ham
Step 5: Bake the ham for 1 ½ hours. Then turn the oven temperature to 425 degrees F.
Step 6: Brush the ham again with half of the remaining glaze. Bake for an 15 additional minutes, then finally brush ham with remaining glaze you have. Place the ham under broiler for 3-5 minutes to allow glaze to get sticky. The brown sugar glaze should be super seeped in and delicious.
Honey Glazed Ham Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup pineapple juice
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- Cooking spray
- 8-10 lb Plain fully cooked spiral sliced bone in ham make sure it does not already have a glaze
Instructions
- In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter then whisk in brown sugar, honey, mustard, pineapple juice, garlic powder and paprika until combined. Allow the mixture to cook for about 5-7 minutes or until it bubbles and somewhat thickens. Take off heat. It will continue to thicken as it stands.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cover a 9" x 13" pan with lots of foil going up the sides as well then thoroughly spray with cooking spray.
- Place the ham cut side down in the pan. Next score the ham if you desire. To score, simply make shallow cuts along the top of the thicker skin to get the glaze to seep through even more.
- Brush the ⅓ of the glaze over the top of the ham.
- Bake for 1 ½ hours then turn oven to 425 degrees F and brush ham again with half of the remaining glaze.
- Bake 15 additional minutes, then finally brush ham with remaining glaze you have. Place ham under broiler for 3-5 minutes to allow glaze to get sticky. The sugar should be super seeped in and delicious.
- Rest ham for 10 minutes and then serve.
Slow Cooker Instructions
- Thoroughly spray the inside of a 6 or 7 quart slow cooker with your cooking spray.
- Carefully place the ham inside. Prepare ham according to instructions.
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
Notes
How to Store Honey Ham
Leftover ham is rare because for reals, it goes quickly. But, if you find yourself with a few extra slices, it’s important to store it properly. Store the ham (in its juices) in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. BONUS TIP: This ham makes for the best next-day ham sandwiches. Make sure you’ve got good bread and some extra mustard on hand. Dipping the sandwiches in the juices takes it to a new level.Nutrition
How to Make Slow Cooker Honey Ham
As if this recipe couldn’t get any easier, this baked ham recipe is a slow-cooker friendly.
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The low, slow heat of the slow cooker gently braises the ham which makes for the best melt-in-the-mouth pork you’ve ever had.
TOP TIP: Use the Right Ham! You don’t wanna use a boneless ham in a slow-cooker. Instead, buy a spiral-cut ham that is fully cooked and has the bone in. Butt-end hams fit into slow-cooker a bit more easily. A 10-pound ham is as big as you can fit into a 6-quart slow-cooker. Make sure you spray it completely with non stick spray.
- Place the ham in the slower cooker. Make sure you’ve already prepped it!
- Once the ham is cozy in the slow-cooker, pour the glaze over the ham and try to cover as much ground as possible. Don’t worry if there are uncovered portions.
- The key here is LOW AND SLOW. Set a timer for about 8 hours (it might take 5 depending on size of ham) and cook on the low setting. Do your best to baste the ham with glaze every hour or so. I would also suggest flipping the ham halfway through cooking.
Recipe Tips
- Slow Cooker Tips: Butt-end hams fit into slow-cooker a bit more easily. A 10-pound ham is as big as you can fit in usually.
- Score the ham before adding the glaze so the flavors penetrate more of the meat.
Recipe Help
When cooking a bone-in ham, allow about a half pound per person. This takes into consideration the weight of the bone. If you want to have leftovers select a larger ham. Just be sure your ham will fit into your pan or slow cooker depending on the preparation method you plan to use.
Absolutely boos! The glaze can be made up to 3 days in advance and stored in the fridge.
Serving Suggestions
- Sunday Supper: Serve this honey ham up with mashed sweet potatoes, fried corn and fried cornbread. Easy peasy yet delish meal.
- Sandwich It Up: Make some delish no-knead bread or some Hawaiian sweet rolls and add slices of honey glazed ham to the center.
- Easter Celebration: Serve this honey baked ham recipe with honey glazed carrots, cheesy scalloped potatoes, deviled eggs, deviled ham, green bean casserole and don’t forget the bomb carrot cake boos.
More Holiday Recipes
- Fried Turkey Recipe
- Turkey Gravy
- Southern Pecan Pie
- Southern Caramel Cake
- Oyster Dressing
- Garlic Mashed Potatoes
- Southern Cornbread
This post was originally published March 2020. It has been republished with new content.
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This recipe looks amazing! I just bought a regular ham. Would this recipe work just by scoring in crockpot or should I try to spiralize it first?
I haven’t tried a whole ham with scoring it. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work though!
It’s in the oven now for Christmas lunch! The glaze is wonderful!!!
Yay! Happy to hear that!!
I’m going to try this recipe tomorrow for Easter dinner.
Oh my goodness! I made this glade for Christmas ham today and it’s amazing!!!
Wonderful. Thank you so so much Erin!
I LOVED this glaze! I followed the directions and it turned out perfect. So many ham glazes focus on sweet with pineapples etc, but I liked the dijon mustard in this. It added a great flavor note. Will definitely be using this again!
Just wonderful! I’m so so glad you enjoyed this!
What would be the adjusted time for a 13 lb ham?
This glaze makes a ton so you might be ok following the recipe as is.