Grandma's Ham

Grandma's Ham

This recipe for roasting a whole ham uses pineapple, maraschino cherries, brown sugar, and ginger ale. The sweet and salty flavors are always a hit!

Preparation Time
10 mins
Cooking Time
4 hr 30 mins
Total Time
4 hr 40 mins
Calories
663 Calories

Recipe Instructions

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Step 2
Place ham in a roasting pan. Rub brown sugar over ham. Attach pineapple slices to the outside of ham with toothpicks. Use additional toothpicks to secure a cherry into the middle of each pineapple slice. Pour ginger ale and reserved pineapple juice into the pan. Tent aluminum foil over ham.
Step 3
Bake in the preheated oven for 4 hours. Remove aluminum foil and continue baking for 30 minutes more.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries
  • toothpicks
  • 1 (12 pound) whole ham
  • 1 liter ginger ale (such as Vernors®)
  • 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple slices, drained, reserve juice

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