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

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

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.