How Long To Bake Ham With Brown Sugar Glaze?

While the exterior of this simple baked ham is caramelized and drizzled with a brown sugar glaze for a hint of sweetness, the interior is moist, delicate, and wonderful. This baked ham is something we offer on special occasions (like Christmas and Easter), but you can make it any time of year.

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When you buy ham, it has typically been smoked, which means it has been cooked. Make sure you check your ham's box to verify whether it says completely cooked (and it should let you know the temperature to cook your ham to).

How to Bake  a Ham

While a "cook before eating" ham needs to be cooked to 160°F, a completely cooked ham only needs to be heated to 140°F. When cooking ham, you should turn the cut side down and preheat the oven.

How to Bake  a Ham

Since bone-in ham offers the finest flavor and the most tender flesh, this recipe calls for one (plus we like to have a leftover ham bone to make our favorite Crock Pot Ham and Bean Soup).

How long to Cook a Ham

For this dish, a completely cooked, bone-in ham should cook for 12 to 14 minutes per pound (a 9-pound ham should cook in around 2 1/4 hours).

How long to Cook a Ham

You'll need around 3/4 pounds of bone-in ham per person if you're using it, and a little bit more if you want leftovers (for Ham and Corn Chowder or Cheesy Ham and Potato Casserole). 9 persons should be able to eat an 8 lb. ham.

How much ham per person

You'll need around 3/4 pounds of bone-in ham per person if you're using it, and a little bit more if you want leftovers (for Ham and Corn Chowder or Cheesy Ham and Potato Casserole). 9 persons should be able to eat an 8 lb. ham.

How much ham per person

Using brown sugar and a small amount of pineapple juice, I use this recipe to include my favorite Brown Sugar Glaze for Ham (orange juice works great too). The glaze gives the ham's outside a tasty, sticky covering without being overly sugary.

How to make Brown Sugar Glaze for Ham

I go to the extra effort (about 4 minutes extra) to slightly thicken the glaze since it sticks to the ham much better this way. Although either dark or light brown sugar can be used in this recipe, dark brown sugar has a somewhat stronger flavor.

How to make Brown Sugar Glaze for Ham

The brown sugar glaze is only applied for the final 15 minutes of baking since, like anything with a lot of sugar, it can burn if left in there for too long.

How to make Brown Sugar Glaze for Ham

The ham is taken out of the oven, and the heat is turned up high once the brown sugar glaze has thickened and cooled. The ham should be covered with the glaze before going back into the oven. Within a short period of time, the tremendous heat will create the most exquisite golden glaze!

How to make Brown Sugar Glaze for Ham

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