Glazed Baked Ham (Holiday Menus for Family)

 

For 12 servings

• 6- to 8-pound fully cooked smoked bone-in ham
• Whole cloves, if desired
• ¼ cup honey
• ½ teaspoon dry mustard
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves

1. Heat oven to 325F.
2. Place ham, fat side up, on rack in shallow roasting pan ; insert meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of ham and does not touch bone or rest in fat. 
3. Cover ham and bake until thermometer registers 135F, 13 to 17 minutes per pound.
4. About 20 minutes before ham is done, remove from oven and pour drippings from pan ; remove any skin from ham.
5. Cut uniform diamond shapes on fat surface of ham, insert clove in each diamond.
6. Mix honey, mustard and cloves ; brush on ham and bake uncovered 20 minutes.
7. Cover ham and let stand about 10 minutes or until thermometer registers 140F.

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