Brown Sugar Ham Glaze - Better than Honeybaked Ham! (2024)

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Recipe

Brown Sugar Ham Glaze creates the perfect finish to your store bought ham and really amps it up a level from the little packet of glaze that comes with it.

With a mix of winter warming spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, this brown sugar Ham Glaze will rival the flavor of those expensive Honeybaked Hams and for a fraction of the price!

I used a ready cut spiral ham with the bone it. It’s already been cooked so we are just carefully reheating it without drying it out and making a wonder brown sugar glaze to spoon over the top.

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Quick Tips for making Brown Sugar Ham Glaze

  • Remember the ham is already cooked so you don’t want to dry it out so using a Crockpot or slow cooker to reheat it is ideal
  • You may also reheat the ham in the oven at a low temperature, around 325F is best, make sure you wrap it with foil too.
  • Hot sugar can burn if you are not careful so do make sure you watch the pan on the stove when you are making your brown sugar Ham Glaze.
  • I used a culinary blow torch to get a little bit of caramelization on the outside of the ham, you can do it under the broiler just as easily but you must watch it so that it does not burn.
  • My kids love the glaze so I often make extra to spoon over the ham slices if I’m reheating them later on, it’s a real treat round the holidays!

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Brown Sugar Ham Glaze

My Brown Sugar Ham Glaze is perfect for the holidays, is quick to make and will transform your store bought ham into something really special!

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 3 hours

Total Time: 3 hours 15 minutes

Total Carbs: 37 g

Protein: 73 g

Servings: 12

Ingredients

  • 1cuporange juice
  • 17-9lbsbone in, spiral sliced pre-cooked ham

Brown Sugar Ham Glaze

  • 1cupwhite sugar
  • 1cuplight brown sugar
  • 1tsponion powder
  • 1tspcinnamon
  • 1tspnutmeg, freshly ground
  • 1/2tspground ginger
  • 1/2tspground cloves
  • 1/2tsppaprika

Instructions

REHEAT SPIRAL HAM IN SLOW COOKER

  1. Add the ham to your slow cooker and add a cup of orange juice.

  2. Cook on the low setting in your slow cooker for 3 hours.

REHEAT SPIRAL HAM IN OVEN

  1. To reheat the spiral ham in your oven place the ham in a cup or orange juice and cover the entire ham with aluminum foil and warm it at 325 °F for around 10 minutes per pound.

MAKE BROWN SUGAR HAM GLAZE

  1. Mix the sugars and ham glaze spices together in a small pan with 5 tbsp of the orange juice the ham cooked in.

  2. Make your brown sugar ham glaze by bringing the syrup to a boil on the stove top and cook for 1 minute, then remove from heat.

  3. Place the ham on a foil lined sheet pan.

  4. Baste the ham with the syrup and then broil at a high heat for 2-5 minutes until sugar starts to bubble.

    You will need to watch it closely so it does not burn.

  5. Alternatively you can use a culinary blow torch to caramelize the sugar, use small short strokes with the flame to ensure you don't burn the sugar.

Recipe Notes

adapted from All About good recipe

Nutrition Facts

Brown Sugar Ham Glaze

Amount Per Serving

Calories 973Calories from Fat 513

% Daily Value*

Fat 57g88%

Saturated Fat 20g125%

Cholesterol 210mg70%

Sodium 4044mg176%

Potassium 1038mg30%

Carbohydrates 37g12%

Sugar 36g40%

Protein 73g146%

Vitamin A 90IU2%

Vitamin C 10.3mg12%

Calcium 43mg4%

Iron 3.2mg18%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutritional information on Noshtastic is provided as a courtesy and is approximate only. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on this site.

Author: Sheena Strain

Course:Main Course

Cuisine:American

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About Sheena Strain

Sheena Strain is the proud owner of Noshtastic, a gluten free website that specializes in easy family meals including Low Carb, Keto, Paleo, Whole30, and many pressure cooker recipes.

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  1. Joann says

    Which hams are GF

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    • Sheena Strain says

      You’ll need to check the labels for each brand and read the ingredients.

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  2. Katherine says

    Where do you use the water?

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    • Sheena Strain says

      Oops, that’s a mistake I’ve fixed it now.

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