Maple Glazed Spiral Ham is the perfect holiday entree made with a delicious glaze of maple syrup, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and stone ground mustard baked onto a bone-in spiral ham.
The holidays are approaching quick so time to start planning that Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner menu. The centerpiece for our holiday dinners always revolve around a nice big ham or turkey (sometimes both). This Maple Glazed Spiral Ham is a great go-to recipe that is really simple and still has loads of flavor with its sweet glaze.
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Maple Glazed Spiral Ham
Maple Glazed Spiral Ham has a great sweet glaze baked over top with a little kick of mustard throughout. This ham pairs perfectly for those holiday dinner necessities like mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, homemade rolls and fresh vegetables.
The Ham
Picking the right ham is important. I typically go with a bone-in, spiral ham that has been pre-cooked. If you are a Costco member, I have had great luck with the Kirkland brand sold there. These spiral hams are really easy to bake and the pre-sliced spiral makes it easy to serve and holds in a lot of that delicious glaze for more flavor. You also need the right size ham. For the holidays, I go with one pound per person. This will leave you with plenty of meat for everyone and have some leftovers for soup or sandwiches the next day.
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Maple Glazed Spiral Ham
Ingredients
- 8-10 pound spiral bone-in ham
- 2/3 cups maple syrup
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons stone ground mustard
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place unwrapped ham in a roasting pan on the rack flat side down.
- Add 3/4 cups water to the bottom of pan and cover ham tightly with aluminum foil to retain moisture.
- Bake for 1 hour, 30 minutes or until the internal temperature is at 140 degrees. A larger ham may take longer but do not overcook.
- Prepare the glaze by whisking together maple syrup, brown sugar, mustard, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl.
- Remove ham from oven, raise oven temperature to 400 degrees, remove foil and pour half the glaze over top of ham.
- Place ham back in oven for 10 minutes. Leave foil off.
- Pour the remainder of glaze over top (can also use a brush) and bake another 10 minutes.
- Let rest 5 minutes and serve.
Ham is one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving Dinner! Some years we buy one and others we have made one at home, I’m going to save this recipe just in case we make one at home this year!
This is my favorite kind of ham. I love it so much. I am going to try to make this.
So I’m really excited about this because this ham is what I look forward to every thanksgiving! Counting down the days starting now !!!!!
Spiral glazed ham is one of my favorite parts of the holidays, but those prepackaged glazes are horrible! I think I’ll try your recipe this year instead!
Those packaged ones arent always the best. Always better to make your own.
This looks so good! I have never made a ham, but I will give this recipe a try!!