Total Time: 5 hours 15 minutes Yield: Serves 15+
INGREDIENTS
1 large fully cooked ham (bone in, spiral sliced is fine), about 15 pounds
1 cup packed brown sugar
½ cup orange juice
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons yellow mustard
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon cinnamon
INSTRUCTIONS
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- Remove the ham from the fridge, and let it rest at room temperature for at least 2 hours. This helps the meat to cook evenly once in the oven.
- Preheat the oven 325 degrees F.
- In a small saucepan, whisk together the brown sugar, orange juice, honey, white vinegar, yellow mustard, onion powder, garlic powder, and cinnamon.
- Cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves and the mixture starts to simmer. Simmer for 1 to 2 minutes until the mixture thickens just a bit. Remove from the heat.
- Tear two large pieces of foil off the roll (enough to wrap the ham in), and overlap them.
- Place the ham in the center of the foil.
- Brush 1/3 of glaze over the ham, and then tightly wrap it in the foil.
- Place the ham in a baking pan, flat side down (mine fit in a 9×13-inch pan).
- Bake the ham until heated through or the center registers 100 to 110 degrees F. (This takes about 15 minutes per pound of meat.) Remove from the oven.
- Turn the oven temperature up to 400 degrees F.
- Carefully unwrap the ham (you can throw away the foil or open it up and let it line the bottom of the pan).
- Brush another third of the glaze over the ham, and return the ham to the oven.
- Let the ham cook for an additional 15 to 20 minutes, or until the glaze has started to caramelize and looks dark and sticky but not burnt.
- Remove from the oven, and brush on the last of the glaze.
- Tent with foil, and let the ham rest for 10 minutes before slicing and serving hot.