Honey Glazed Ham
This slow cooker honey glazed ham becomes fall-apart tender after hours in the crock pot, and the juiciness and flavors are second to none. The best part is, this holiday ham cooks itself!
Servings: 14
Ingredients
- 7 to 10 pounds fully cooked bone-in spiral sliced ham
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup Dijon mustard
- ¼ cup apple juice
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Make the honey glaze. In a saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, honey, mustard, apple juice, and a pinch of salt; whisk and cook over medium-high heat until well incorporated. Continue to cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside for a couple of minutes.
- Prepare the ham. Lightly grease the slow cooker with cooking spray. Pat dry the ham with paper towels and transfer the ham to the slow cooker. Set aside.
- Add the glaze. Pour 3/4 of the glaze over the ham. Using a pastry brush, brush the glaze all over and in between the slices.
- Cook. Cover the slow cooker with the lid and cook on LOW for 4 to 5 hours. Baste the ham with juices every hour.
- Brown the outside. Preheat oven to 400˚F. When the slow cooking time is up, remove the crock/insert from the slow cooker. Keeping the ham inside the insert, brush the remaining glaze all around. If the glaze has thickened or hardened, heat it up before adding it to the ham. Bake ham in the oven, uncovered, for 15 to 18 minutes, or until the top has caramelized and browned.
- Serve! Remove the ham from the oven and transfer it to a serving plate. Spoon juices over the ham.
Notes
- If the ham is so large that you can't close the lid of the slow cooker, use aluminum foil to make a tent over the ham. Then, cover it with a kitchen towel and cook.
Nutrition
Serving: 4ounces | Calories: 498kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 43g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 183mg | Sodium: 2733mg | Potassium: 675mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 203IU | Vitamin C: 53mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 2mg
