Two Delicious Glaze Recipes For Your Holiday Ham

Every year during the Christmas and Easter Holidays, we enjoy eating a glazed ham for our holiday meals. During Christmas, we make a cranberry glaze and during the Easter holiday...we make an orange glaze.

With both of these recipes, you will use a precooked ham. If you are use one that hasn't been precooked, you will want to baste on the glaze during the last 60 to 90 minutes of the baking process. Please follow manufacturer's package instructions for the recommended baking times.

Glazing Tips: When I apply the glaze, I prefer to use a nonstick silicone basting brush. As your ham bakes, feel free to mix in some of it's own juices to your glaze as this will help to add additional flavoring. If you like a crispy top, don't cover your roasting pan during the last 60 minutes of your baking time.

Orange Glaze Recipe

1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon orange peel, finely grated
2 tablespoons orange juice
3 lb. boneless, precooked ham
10 to 20 whole cloves

Remove your precooked ham from the package. Score the top of the ham and stud the entire top surface with whole cloves.

In a medium-sized bowl, combine together the brown sugar, Dijon mustard, grated orange peel and orange juice. Baste this over the top of your ham during the last hour of the baking process.

Cranberry Glaze Recipe

1/2 cup sweet onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup butter, softened
16 oz. can whole cranberry sauce
2 tablespoons corn syrup
3 lb. boneless, precooked ham

In a large saucepan or skillet, simmer your chopped onion in butter until the onion is tender and translucent. Stir in the cranberry sauce and corn syrup and simmer mixture for 3 minutes over low heat.

Baste this over the top of your ham during the last hour of the baking process.

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Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother who enjoys cooking and baking a variety of foods for her family. You can visit Shelly online at my.tupperware.com/Ravish30 or her recipe site at wahmshelly.blogspot.com for additional holiday recipes.

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