Honey Baked Ham Copy-Cat Recipe

A spiral cut, honey crusted - glazed ham perfect for any holiday or special occasion. 

Today I'm posting a recipe for the tasty ham that we enjoyed over the Easter holiday. I meant to get this up yesterday, but ran out of time when we got back in town. This would have been perfect yesterday, because it was National Glazed Spiral Ham Day.

I love Honey Baked Hams, but quite honestly, we just can't afford them. I tell myself every year that I will buy one until I see the price. I thought instead of purchasing one why not try and recreate one at home. I searched online, but there were a ton of recipes.

I wasn't sure which recipe to go with, because I didn't know the ingredients that the honey baked ham company uses. I just kept going through recipes until I found a recipe that caught my eye.

That's when I came across this recipe for a Copy-Cat Honey Baked Ham. I loved all the ingredients in this particular recipe, so that's the one I went with. It called for a spiral ham, honey, brown sugar, pear juice, orange juice and the use of butane torch. Oh, what fun what fun! I told myself all you can do is try it and see how it turns out.

Since the ham was already fully cooked the whole recipe took just an hour and 15 minutes from start to finish. The directions were pretty straight forward, so this recipe is really easy to follow. I have to admit I had a lot of fun using the little butane torch to caramelize the glaze. 

The ham tasted wonderful and I loved the sweet-sticky glaze on top. I'm sure this is not the how the real honey baked hams are made, but I can tell you this is my new go to ham recipe for the holidays, because everyone loved it!!

Here are a few step by step photos of the whole process. Don't let the butane torch scare you off, because it was really simple to use. 

Copy-Cat Honey Baked Ham

Ingredients:
3  1/2 - 5 pound ham (spiral cut smoked, fully cooked)
1/2 - cup pear, apple or apple harvest blend juice
1/2 - cup orange juice
1/2 - cup firmly brown sugar
1/2 - cup honey
mini hand held cooking torch

Directions: 
Preheat oven to 300°F. Place the ham, cut end down, into a large baking pan.

Mix the pear or apple juice with the orange juice in a bowl and mix.

Pour the juice mixture over the ham, cover with foil loosely and bake for 15 minutes per pound basting frequently with juices.

Remove from oven. Mix brown sugar and honey together in a small bowl.

Brush mixture over ham and bake uncovered for another hour or until internal temperature reads 145°F.

Using a mini butane torch carefully caramelize the glaze to the crust using small strokes until very lightly crispy, sizzling and sticky. 

If you don't have a butane torch you can caramelize the ham by placing it under your ovens broil. Broil until the top is crispy, sizzling and sticky. Make sure to watch the ham closely. 

Cook's Note: Small culinary cooking torches can be purchased at Amazon, Walmart, Target, Home Depot or Lowes. 

Recipe source: Food.com