Easy Ham With Cranberry Glaze

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (16 ounce) can jellied cranberry sauce
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper (optional)
• 1 (5 lb) ham
• 1/3 cup water

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 in a small saucepan combine the cranberry sauce, brown sugar, fresh orange juice, cloves, cinnamon, allspice and black pepper, if using; heat slowly stirring until smooth.
• 3 place the ham on a rack in a shallow roasting pan with 1/3 cup water.
• 4 insert a meat thermometer in the ham.
• 5 bake until the thermometer reaches 125 degrees (about 1-1/2 to 2 hours).
• 6 brush a third of the glaze on the ham 30 minutes before the end of baking time.
• 7 spoon on the remaining glaze every 10 minutes (within the 30 minutes).
• 8 after removing the ham from the oven, let stand for 15 minutes before carving.
• 9 delicious!