Recipes

[GSPgirl]

I'm tired of Honey Baked Ham and standing in line every year to buy one. Can anyone here tell me their ham recipes or a ham you buy that you like? Thank you

[Nightowlz]

I like Cook's Butt ham brand. We put it on the smoker & before it gets done score it & put a mixture of brown sugar, honey & mustard on it. I do the same if I cook it in the Nesco.

[denisemb]

You're gonna laugh, but I'm a big fan of Aldi's hams. They have a spiral sliced with glaze like Honeybaked, but I buy the shank or butt ends and bake (warm) them according to package instructions. If I can get some Vernor's ginger ale I pour that over in honor of my late mother.

[Pickwickpapers]

Costco has nice hams......for Easter I will put brown sugar on the outside of the ham and then layer with pineapple slices.........it's the way my family enjoys ham......also easy......just bake for about 1 hour at 350 degrees........it's covered with foil the first 45 minutes and then remove the foil so that the pineapple and sugar form a crust.

[Reba055]

I have started buying Publix Spiral cut hams instead of Honeybaked and it's just fine to me. I don't really like a spiral ham heated too much so I follow the heating instructions and take it out a little sooner. Same with the glaze. I just use a little. I remember back in the good ole days cooking a regular ham for hours until it fell off the bone but honestly now I can't remember what kind I bought and exactly how we cooked it. Yikes! Senior moment haha. I remember they were so good though!

[chickenbutt]

I get the Kansas City hams because I REALLY like them. They aren't pumped full of water and salt like many others, so they are good clean meat and not at all salty. One other thing I like about KC hams is that they don't use the liquid smoke to call the ham 'smoked'. They actually smoke them.

So ok, then I make a glaze that is pretty much apple cider vinegar, yellow mustard, brown sugar, and some maple syrup (actual MAPLE syrup, not pancake syrup). Just those four ingredients. I kind of got some ideas and tweaked some recipes together to make this and we really like it a LOT.

I blend the glaze ingredients. At first I was just putting it on cold but then it occurred to me that the flavors would marry more nicely (I know - duh! hehe) if I simmered it first and just keep wisking a little bit as it warms up, THEN it goes on the ham. I save a little bit back and when the ham is almost done I put the rest on and finish it up to get that caramelized 'glazey' effect. Love it!

I just pulled out a packet of slices that I had vacuum sealed and frozen in Dec and had grilled ham and cheese sandwiches, and whatever else sounded good with ham, all last week. The flavor is so nice with the glaze and without massive amounts of salt.

[hopi]

I also like Cook's butt.

Just put in in the Ninja 4. Cut up a whole pineapple put it all over the ham and cover for 3 or 4 hours.

It comes out sweet, moist and tender.

eta... the last time I made it I added a half a cup of Bragg Organic apple cider vinegar over it also.

[Tigriss]

Basted in bourbon and brown sugar.

[athenian]

I always soak it overnight in the fridge, either in just water or add a little tea or apple juice. Drain and then boil it for about 45 minutes before baking. Rub with brown sugar and mustard before it goes into the oven. The ham is never rubbery or too salty this way.

[betteb]

On 3/22/2015 Nightowlz said:

I like Cook's Butt ham brand. We put it on the smoker & before it gets done score it & put a mixture of brown sugar, honey & mustard on it. I do the same if I cook it in the Nesco.

Another vote for Cooks Butt Half. The shank is all bone. I cook mine low and slow in the oven with beer and brown sugar.