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Christmas Ham with Apple Cider Glaze

This Christmas Ham with Apple Cider Glaze tastes like the holidays you remember. It's packed with sweet, warm spices and all the classic Christmas flavors you grew up with.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Cider reduction time2 hours
Total Time3 hours 15 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Christmas Ham
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 475kcal
Author: Erica Walker

Ingredients

  • 64 ounces apple cider
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 4-5 pounds fully cooked ham we used a tavern ham for this recipe but a spiral ham works great too
  • 1/3 cup dijon mustard
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • cranberry sauce optional

Instructions

  • Place cider and cinnamon sticks in a large sauce pan and simmer over medium-low heat for 2 hours or until reduced to about 2-3 cups of liquid.
    Stir occassionaly. Remove reduction from heat and set aside.
    Saucepan with two cinnamon sticks in apple cider and a wooden spoon.
  • Preheat oven to 350℉. Place ham in a greased roasting pan. Set aside 1 cup of the cider reduction and pour the remaining cider reduction over the ham.
    Pouring hot apple cider reduction on top of ham in roasting pan.
  • Cover and place ham in the oven for 15 minutes per pound of ham (if 5 pounds, cook 75 minutes) or until the internal temperature reaches 120-125℉.
    Roasting pan covered with foil.
  • Combine reserved 1 cup of cider reduction, dijon mustard, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a bowl and mix well. Brush over ham 3-4 times throughout the baking process. 
    Brushing ham with seasoning glaze mixture in a roasting pan.
  • Uncover ham last 30 minutes of baking or until the internal temp of the ham reaches 140℉. Brush with glaze from the pan.
    Brushing Christmas ham with glaze in roasting pan.
  • Remove ham from the oven and allow to rest 10 minutes before slicing. Brush on more cider glaze from the pan as it cools if desired. Serve with cranberry sauce (optional).
    Serving fork piercing slice of Christmas ham.

Nutrition

Calories: 475kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 112mg | Sodium: 2246mg | Potassium: 541mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 9IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 2mg