Oven Honey Baked Ham Recipe with Brown Sugar Glaze
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Enjoy this honey baked ham recipe throughout the year. It’s definitely a reader favorite and perfect for Family suppers. Holidays are also another great occasion for our easy oven baked ham recipe.
Honey Baked Ham Recipe
For holidays, family dinners and special occasions honey baked ham is always a favorite. There’s so many delicious reasons to serve ham, but the most important reason is that it’s so easy to make. No need to order it when you can make it at home in the oven for half the cost. Best of all, our brown sugar glaze is delicious and with only a few ingredients, is worth the little effort.
Video: Recipe for Honey Baked Ham
Easy Brown Sugar Glaze
With just a few ingredients, the brown sugar glaze for the ham is simple and delicious. The best part about the glaze is that you can make it to your personal taste.
- If you like it sweeter, you can add more brown sugar to the glaze. Like it less sweet? Just reduce the amount of sugar.
- We add fresh orange juice for a wonderful, bright citrus flavor. Natural sweetness comes from the orange juice so you can balance out the levels of sugar for the orange juice.
- Store the glaze in an air tight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
- It’s perfect when glazed over the ham and the flavors are perfect for a wonderful family diner.
How to Make Sprial Honey Baked Ham Recipe
The process is super simple and you can use with a bone-in or spiral cut ham. Follow our photo tutorial and written recipe is in the recipe box below! We have step by step photos below to guide you through this process. Making oven baked ham is really simple!
Can you freeze this recipe?
Yes, you definitely can! it’s a great way to enjoy leftovers too from soup to sandwiches. We love serving the leftovers for breakfast alongside eggs. Or make an awesome breakfast sandwich with scrambled eggs. There’s so many ways to enjoy the leftovers when you make this honey baked ham recipe.
Baked Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze
Ingredients
- 4 lb. (1.8 kg) boneless, fully cooked ham
Brown Sugar Glaze
- 1/2 cup (110 g) brown sugar
- 1/4 cup (85 g) honey
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) orange juice (or 1 orange juiced)
- 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) mustard (optional) or apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon (1.25 ml) cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon (1.25 ml) ground clove (optional)
- black pepper , to taste
Instructions
- Remove ham from package and netting. If it’s been refrigerated, if possible let it sit out for about 1 hour to take a bit of the chill off. If ham is not pre-sliced, score the ham with shallow 1/2-inch/12mm criss-cross cuts.
- Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C.
- Make the Glaze (this can also be done while ham bakes for the first 30 minutes): In a saucepan or microwave-safe bowl, combine the brown sugar glaze ingredients (brown sugar, honey, orange juice, optional mustard, cinnamon, clove (optional), and black pepper). Heat and whisk until brown sugar is dissolved and glaze is well combined. Set aside.
- Lay ham cut side down on a baking dish and cover tightly with aluminum foil.
- Baking the ham for 30 minutes (or if using a different sized ham – about 20 minutes before it should be finished – base complete timing off of cooking for 12-14 minutes per pound), uncover the ham and and brush 1/2 of the glaze over the ham.
- Increase oven to 425°F/220°C, place the ham back in the oven, UNCOVERED, and bake for another 20 minutes or until the ham is crispy on the outside and the internal temperature is 140°F/60°C.
- Optional serving: Combine the juices from the roasting pan and the remaining glaze in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer and cook for about 5 minutes or until thickened. Brush the glaze onto the ham when serving or serve alongside in a bowl for everyone to add as they like.
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Great Potato Recipes to serve with Ham
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Recipes for using Leftover Ham
You’re most likely going to have leftover ham and here’s some really great recipes using leftover ham.
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- this recipe was originally published in 2018
8 Comments on “Oven Honey Baked Ham Recipe with Brown Sugar Glaze”
I found just the right baked ham recipe for Easter Sunday. I can’t wait for the rest of the family to try this because it came out so good.
I’ve come back again for this recipe since the Holidays are creeping up. I love your brown sugar glaze so much.
Made for Easter. Adjusted the glaze to eliminate spices my granddaughter would not like. Followed baking directions. Was a hit.
Hi J-Ann, thanks for sharing and so glad that you all enjoyed it without the spices!
This was such a great recipe over the holidays. I’m making it again for sandwiches, lunch, and even dinner.
My whole family loved this honey baked ham recipe. It was so delicious.
What a great baked ham recipe. Tried it yesterday with the family and was a hit. We served it with mashed potatoes and will be making again for Easter. Thank you.
Such a great ham recipe. We love your glaze!