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Mommy’s Special Ham

Mommy’s Special Ham

Mommy’s Special Ham

Dori Fritzinger

Ingredients

  • 1 (6-pound) bone-in ham, spiral-cut

  • 1/4 cup maple syrup

  • 1/4 cup orange juice

  • 1 (12-ounce) can/bottle of ginger ale

  • 2 tablespoons light brown sugar

  • 2 tablespoons honey

  • 1/4 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, halved

  • 1/4 (15.25 ounce) can pineapple slices in juice, drained

  • 1/4 box round wooden toothpicks

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven – For a ham that has only been partially cooked, you will need to allow about 20 minutes per pound in a moderate (350°F) oven. A fully cooked ham will require about 10 minutes per pound in order to be heated all the way through.

  2. In a medium bowl, mix together the maple syrup, orange juice, ginger ale, brown sugar and honey. Stir in the juice from the maraschino cherries, and half of the cherries. Score the outer edge of the ham with a sharp knife in a diamond pattern. Cuts should be about 1/4 inch deep. This will allow the ham to soak up the juice.

  3. Place the ham into an oven bag, and carefully pour the juice mixture over it, keeping all of the juice in the bag. It may look like there is too much juice, but the ham will soak it up while baking. Place the pineapples onto the top of the ham, and secure with toothpicks. Place cherries into the centers of the rings, and secure with toothpicks also. Tie the end of the bag closed with the ties provided, place in a large roasting pan, and cut a few small slits in the top of the oven bag.

  4. Bake the ham for 2 hours in the preheated oven. The internal temperature should be 160°F when done. Be sure not to touch the bone when taking the temperature. Remove ham from bag to a serving plate, and let stand for 10 minutes before carving.

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Dori Fritzinger

Dori Fritzinger

She lives and works with her multi-generational family in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. They have a farm of cows and calves, wool sheep, dairy goats, rabbits, ducks, geese, chickens, honeybees, a horse and a donkey.

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