Slow-Cooked Honey-Glazed Ham

The secret of this tender honey-baked ham is slow cooking. I start it in a low temp oven around 6 p.m. the night before if used for breakfast. If used for dinner, it can be started later in the evening, turned off and restarted the next morning. Don't use a spiral-sliced ham because it will dry out.

• Preparation Time: 45 mins
• Cooking Time: 16 hr
• Total Time: 16 hr 45 mins
• Calories: 2830 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup honey
• ¼ cup orange juice
• 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• ¼ cup molasses (Optional)
• 10 (10 pound) shank ham

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Blend brown sugar, honey, molasses, orange juice, and mustard together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until thickened, about 45 minutes. Remove from heat. Let glaze sit until flavors blend, 8 hours to overnight.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Place ham in a roasting pan.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven, checking occasionally, about 10 hours. If ham begins to darken at that point, cover with aluminum foil. Continue baking, about 2 hours more.

Step 4

Increase oven temperature to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Bake, coating ham thoroughly with the glaze mixture every 30 minutes, about 2 hours more. Remove from the oven and let stand 15 to 20 minutes before slicing. Serve any remaining glaze with ham, if desired.