How to make glazed ham : recipe for well cooked glazed ham

Updated on May 23, 2017

It's nice to display a glazed ham on your holiday table

Would you like a recipe for how to make glazed ham well cooked? This recipe for glazed ham is really nice for special occasions such as Christmas day. It feels special to present meat like this on the table for the family. Be sure that you have many people to serve the glazed ham to or consider freezing leftovers. There are various examples for what you can do with ham leftovers such as cooking ham fettuccine or making ham sandwiches.

Brown sugar, honey and butter are all good for using as a glaze on your ham. A combination of the three works well. It is what I use. The glazed ham tastes great.

Cooking ham for a 1/2 hour per pound of meat will make it very well done

Personally, I like to cook a very well done ham that still remains moist and tender. As a general rule, cooking for 1/2 hour per pound of meat is good. A 6 pound ham would need to cook for 3 hours. That is at 350 degrees in a preheated oven. I use a cured bone in ham.

Glazed ham photos below

cured ham halfway through the cooking process. Place your ham with 1 cup of water in a deep pan lined with foil to cook at 350 degrees.

for the ham glaze, pictured above, I stir half a stick of melted sweet cream butter (not margarine or butter substitute), 2 teaspoons of brown sugar and just a few drops of honey together. I also add just a teaspoon of minced garlic to this mix.

Use a brand new or well cleaned brush to glaze the ham frequently throughout the cooking process (1-2x per hour of a 3 hr cooking time is good). This means removing the pan from the oven each time to do the glaze and then place it back in the oven.

Fully cooked ham

well done ham, after 2.5 hours cooking time

Very well done ham

After 3 hours of cooking time. Cover the ham with foil throughout the cooking process if you would prefer that it not have a very dark (burnt/ seared top) appearance as in these photos

Garnishing a ham with cloves or another type of garnish

Traditionally, cloves can be used to garnish a ham. You can easily add this item to your grocery list and pick it up at the supermarket when you are planning to cook the ham. If it is a spice that you frequently keep on hand in your pantry anyway, that's good too.

When I realized that I had no cloves I did not run out to the store however. I had too much cooking of various dishes to do that day ( Christmas of last year) so I simply sprinkled some parsley on top.

Oh, well. Nevertheless, the ham was still a hit and very delicious.

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In your family, is it a Christmas tradition to cook a ham?

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Comments

Movie Master 5 years ago from United Kingdom
Fabulous photos, the ham looks and sounds delicous!
Thank you.
Dianna Mendez 2 years ago
Oh my goodness! I should not have peeked in here just now -- I am drooling! We did not serve ham this past Christmas but I think I just may serve it to celebrate the New Year. Thanks for sharing this yummy idea!
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Nyesha Pagnou MPH 2 years ago from USA
Thank you, teaches12345, for your enthusiastic comment about this glazed ham recipe! I hope you've had a fantastic time celebrating both Christmas and the New Year.
Moviemaster, thank you for complimenting the photos of the ham. I'm happy that you think it looks delicious and sincere apologies for the massive delay with moderating your comment from all that time ago! From time to time, I neglect to moderate some comments. I hope you're well. Happy New Year. I will stop by your hubs to see your work too.