Bourbon-Glazed Ham Recipe

Bourbon-Glazed Ham Recipe

  • 1 (7 pound) fully cooked smoked bone-in half ham, not spiral cut
  • 3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons bourbon, cider, or water
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Trim all but 1/4 inch fat from the ham, and score remaining fat in 3/4-inch diamonds, just deep enough to reach the meat without cutting into it. Place ham, fat side up, on a rack in a roasting pan.
  2. In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, mustard, and bourbon. Brush 1/4 of the glaze over the ham. Bake the ham, brushing with remaining glaze every 30 minutes, until heated through (140 degrees F on a meat thermometer), about 2 hours.
  3. Let ham stand about 15 minutes before carving. Using a knife with a long blade, carve downward to the bone. Run the knife horizontally through the ham, along the top of the bone, to release the slices.
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