Food and Recipes Meat Pork and Ham Brown Sugar-Bourbon-Glazed Ham Be the first to rate & review! It's hardly the holidays without a ham, and this one delivers big on festive flavor. By Southern Living Test Kitchen Southern Living Test Kitchen The Southern Living Test Kitchen has been publishing recipes since 1970, four years after the first issue of Southern Living Magazine appeared on newsstands. The Southern Living Test Kitchen team includes a team of professionals with deep expertise in recipe development, from pastry chefs and grilling experts to nutritionists and dietitians. Together, the team tests and retests, produces, styles, and photographs thousands of recipes each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen facility located in Birmingham, Alabama. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on January 24, 2023 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Stacy K. Allen, Food Stylist: Torie Cox, Prop Stylist: Shell Royster Hands On Time: 20 mins Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Servings: 8 to 10 Jump to recipe Preparing a glazed ham is a smart use of a busy cook's time, especially at the holidays. A large ham (and even a half-ham is plenty big) is no more trouble than a small picnic ham, and yields enough delicious servings to feed a crowd or stock the fridge with versatile leftovers. This recipe begins with selecting a fully cooked ham, which might sound like a peculiar first step for an entrée that spends another 2 1/2 hours in the oven, but that time is for adding the deep flavor and gloss of a wonderful Southern-style glaze. Go for a bone-in ham that's capped with a thin layer of flavorful fat that keeps the meat moist. Scoring the ham in the traditional cross-hatch pattern and studding it with whole cloves gives this entrée its classic good look, worthy of the center of the table or buffet. Ingredients 1 (6- to 8-lb.) fully cooked, bone-in ham 48 whole cloves 1 (16-oz.) package light brown sugar 1 cup spicy brown mustard 1 cup cola soft drink ¾ cup bourbon Directions Preheat oven to 350°F. Remove skin from ham, and trim fat to 1/4-inch thickness. Make shallow cuts in fat 3/4 inch apart in a diamond pattern. Stacy K. Allen, Food Stylist: Torie Cox, Prop Stylist: Shell Royster Insert cloves in centers of diamonds. Place ham in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch pan. Stir together brown sugar and next 3 ingredients; spoon mixture over ham. Stacy K. Allen, Food Stylist: Torie Cox, Prop Stylist: Shell Royster Bake at 350°F on lowest oven rack 2 hours and 30 minutes, basting slowly with pan juices every 15 to 20 minutes. Stacy K. Allen, Food Stylist: Torie Cox, Prop Stylist: Shell Royster Remove ham from oven, and let stand 20 minutes before slicing, basting occasionally with pan juices. Stacy K. Allen, Food Stylist: Torie Cox, Prop Stylist: Shell Royster Rate it Print