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Baked Easter ham on a platter sliced.

Easter Baked Ham

Sheila
5 from 1 vote
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Course Main Course, Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 12 servings

Equipment

  • roasting pan

Ingredients
  

  • 8 pound boneless precooked Ham
  • 1/4 cup Whole Cloves
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 tsp ground mustard powder
  • 1/2 tsp ground clove
  • 20 ounce can Pineapple Slices drained, and reserve juice, pat slices dry with paper towel
  • 1 can Ginger Ale 12 ounce
  • 10 maraschino cherries

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Remove ham from wrapping it came in and discard it and the glaze packet that may come with it, making sure to check ham for any plastic pieces that may be stuck in or on ham, pat dry with paper towel
  • Combine brown sugar, ground clove, and mustard powder together in a small bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of ginger ale and mix in, the sugar should stick together when you pinch it but not dissolve, like wet sand
  • Place ham in roasting pan flattest side down, take brown sugar mixture, and press into the surface of the ham with your hands covering the entire exposed parts of ham creating a brown sugar crust.
  • Remove pineapple rings from the can, reserve juices, pat pineapple rings dry with a paper towel and place on the outside of the ham securing it by placing a maraschino cherry and a toothpick in the middle, continue this until all pineapple slices are used.
  • Measure out 2 cups of ginger ale, if there isn't 2 cups in the can add pineapple juice to bring the liquid up to 2 cups, pour liquid into the bottom of the roasting pan.
  • Cover entire roasting pan tightly with aluminum foil. Place in preheated 325° oven for 1 1/2 hours.
  • Remove ham from oven, turn up oven to 450 degree, remove aluminum foil and place ham back in oven for 10 minutes to caramelize the sugar and pineapple on top of ham.
  • Slice and serve with juices on the side, in a gravy boat.

Notes

NOTE: Any ham will work, you will just have to adjust the cooking time to suit the size and type of ham.  You can prepare the ham up to 2 days ahead, keep it in the refrigerator until ready to bake.
Keyword Easter, ham
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