Glazed Ham

a plate full of southern goodness
soda glazed ham, fried okra, pinto beans w/ onion,
cornbread , crockpot mac-n-cheese & sweet tea

I felt it was time to add a little meat to the FTFC pot.
No, I haven't given up on the 30 days of chocolate, just buying some time to taking better pics of those. :)  

You might want to bookmark this ham recipe for Easter.

The "honey glazed ham" is a recipe for a special occasion or a larger crowd using a 4-6lb ham.  I get asked to make this every holiday and some regular days. My bro-in-law asked for it so much I gave the recipe to my sister though I don't think she's used it yet. I think I got this one off the internet and maybe tweaked it a very little bit.  
The "Cherry-Coke Glazed Ham" recipe is a Mel El original. This is for one family of maybe 2-5 people. 
They are both equally scrumpdiddlyumpscious. I make no claims for a healthy meat dish. Eat at your own risk. 

Honey-Glazed HamNeeded:
4-6 lb cooked or uncooked ham
2c honey
2c brown sugar
1/3c apple cider vinegar
2 tsp nutmeg
2tsp cinnamon
2tsp cloves

For an uncooked ham:
Put water (maybe a cup and half) in the bottom of a large roasting pan. (This is for steam and to keep it moist during a long cooking process so it won't dry out.) Cover semi-snugly with foil. Bake at 325-350 degrees for 1 hr. Mix the remaining ingredients together. (This is not going to smell all that great and it's going to look horrible. But I promise once the sugar melts during cooking it will look like a glaze and smell fantastic.)  Pour HALF the glaze on the ham. Cook for another 1.5 hrs. Pour the rest of the glaze on the ham. Cook for another 2 hrs basting it every 30 minutes. The last 10-20min you can uncover it if you so desire a deeper browned appearance. But you may lose some of the moisture.

For a pre-cooked (smoked) ham:
Glaze immediately and cook for 1-1.5 hrs basting it every 30min. 


Cherry-Coke Glazed Ham
Needed:
1-2 packs of pre-sliced hamsteaks (I usually use the Farmland traditional fully-cooked pack that has 7 hamsteak slices in it. The package is blue. I tend to stick with this because I'm familiar with it and I know it's real ham and not that horrible  gritty "ham product" stuff that disgraces the freezer sections. )
3/4 can (6oz) of Cherry Coke
1 cup of brown sugar
1tsp cinnamon
1/2tsp dry mustard
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp clove

Preheat the oven to 350. In a foil baking bag (you can make one by folding the foil in half and rolling the ends tightly together if you don't have any on hand) put the ham steaks in the bag.  Place this bag in a baking dish deep enough to catch any extra glaze that may leak out. Mix the brown sugar, cinnamon, dry mustard, nutmeg, clove and pancake syrup together in a bowl.  Pour that mixture into the bag.  It doesn't have to be evenly because the mixture will thin out during cooking.  Last pour in the Cherry coke. (3/4 of the can if using 1 pckg, the entire can if using 2) Seal the bag in the pan.  Cook for about 45min to an hour.  No need to cook uncovered.  Each slice will be juicy and full of sweet flavor.

As always, if you try it, tell me about it. 

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