Crazy Good Southern Baked Ham

Picnic ham is basted with a sweet and tangy sauce of sorghum syrup, mustard, and spices, then baked over brewed coffee in a roasting pan.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr
• Total Time: 2 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 241 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 tablespoon brandy
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 24 whole cloves
• sea salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon dry mustard
• 2 tablespoons brown mustard
• ¼ cup sorghum syrup
• 2 pounds boneless picnic ham, or more to taste
• 2 cups brewed coffee, or as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Place ham fat side-up on a rack in a roasting pan. Score ham fat in a crisscross design; season with sea salt.

Step 3

Mix brown sugar, sorghum syrup, brown mustard, brandy, dry mustard, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger together in a bowl for the basting mixture. Brush 1/3 basting mixture on top of ham and stick cloves into fat. Pour coffee into bottom of roasting pan.

Step 4

Cook ham in the preheated oven, brushing with remaining basting mixture every 30 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), about 2 hours total.