Brown Sugar Glazed Holiday Ham

Ingredients

• 1 bone-in fully cooked ham, 9 lb
• 2 tablespoons whole cloves
• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/3 cup Dijon mustard
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 cup apple cider

Before you cook

• Take the ham out of the refrigerator 1 hour before baking.
• Trim the rind and any hard outer skin, leaving about a quarter inch of fat on the surface.
• Score that fat in a diamond pattern with cuts a quarter inch deep and an inch apart.
• Whisk the brown sugar, mustard, honey, vinegar, cinnamon, and allspice into a thick glaze.

Steps

1. Heat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Push a whole clove into the point of each diamond across the surface of the ham.
3. Set the ham cut side down in a roasting pan and pour the apple cider around it.
4. Cover the pan tightly with foil and bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
5. Remove the foil and raise the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
6. Brush a third of the glaze over the whole surface of the ham.
7. Return it to the oven for 12 minutes.
8. Brush on another third of the glaze and bake 12 minutes more.
9. Apply the last of the glaze and bake a final 12 minutes, until the crust is dark and bubbling.
10. Check the center with a thermometer, looking for 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
11. Rest the ham for 20 minutes, then spoon the pan juices over the carved slices.