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How to Make 5-Ingredient Baked Honey Ham [Step-by-Step Guide]

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Skip the long wait and high price at the deli—this 5-ingredient baked honey ham comes together in under 1.5 hours, tastes sweet and savory, and fills your kitchen with that classic holiday aroma.  You just need a spiral-cut ham, honey, brown sugar, mustard and a splash of orange juice for a dish that looks impressive but couldn’t be any easier.

Ingredients

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  • 4-5 lbs. ham, spiral-sliced, fully cooked
  • 1 cup apple cider, the sweet juice – not vinegar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
  • ¼ cup whole grain mustard, prepared mustard jar with whole mustard seeds
  • ¼ cup honey

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 350F with rack on lower position.
  • Mix together apple cider, brown sugar, mustard, and honey in a bowl. Mix well to fully incorporate basting sauce.
  • Place ham in a 13×9 baking dish. Coat ham with a generous amount of sauce. Bake for 60-70 minutes, basting thoroughly every 15 minutes.
  • To serve pre-cut slices of ham, arrange slices neatly on a serving dish and brush more sauce all over ham slices. Serve with leftover sauce (see note).
  • If serving ham whole, be sure to have sauce available for drizzling. The sauce is what makes this ham so great!

Notes

  • We like bone-in, spiral sliced ham best. You can also slice ham yourself and arrange it neatly on a baking dish and proceed with the recipe.
  • Honey mustard sauce is more of a saucy au jus consistency, rather than a thicker gravy texture.
  • For thicker sauce: Place remaining sauce (sauce that wasn’t used during basting) in a saucepan and bring to a low boil. In a small bowl, stir and dissolve 1 TB cornstarch in 2 TB cool water to make a cornstarch slurry. Stir in slurry a little at a time to the boiling sauce, adding only as much as needed until sauce is thickened to your liking.

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