Apricot Glazed Baked Ham For Two

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (3 1/2 lb) smoked ham or 1 (3 1/2 lb) honey-roasted ham, boneless
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple slices
• 1 cup apricot preserves
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 12 maraschino cherries
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f
• 2 place ham on rack in open roasting pan, cut side facing down.
• 3 insert meat thermometer in the thickest, center part of the ham.
• 4 bake for about 2 hours.
• 5 drain pineapple; reserve syrup.
• 6 in small saucepan, cook syrup, apricot preserves, dry mustard, allspice and nutmeg.
• 7 bring to a boil and continue boiling for about 10 minutes.
• 8 remove ham from oven and brush immediately with the glaze.
• 9 use toothpicks to secure pineapples around the ham. secure a cherry in the center of each pineapple.
• 10 return ham to oven and bake 1 hour longer or until thermometer registers 160°f
• 11 brush with glaze one last time about 10 minutes before done.