Maple Glazed Ham
This delicious Maple Glazed Ham is the perfect recipe for a holiday dinner. Boneless sliced ham is baked with a maple and brown sugar glaze, that is fork tender and deliciously caramelized. It’s the star of the table at Christmas and Easter, or anytime of year!
For more holiday main dish ideas, be sure to check out my Honey Dijon Pork Tenderloin, Mississippi Pot Roast, and Rosemary Roasted Chicken recipes.
While turkey might be the star of the table at Thanksgiving, maple glazed ham is always a winner during Christmas and Easter.
I also love making ham for the leftovers almost as much as I love having it during the main meal. It’s perfect in sandwiches, casseroles, and my personal favorite, Slow Cooker Loaded Potato Soup.
If you’ve purchased a fully cooked ham, they are also very easy to cook, as you’re really just warming it up. Spending a few minutes to make a maple glaze will really take your ham to the next level, though, and is worth the little bit of extra effort.
Ingredients for Maple Glazed Ham
- boneless, pre-cooked ham
- orange juice
- dark brown sugar
- maple syrup
- cinnamon
- ground cloves
- ground ginger
- Orange slices and fresh rosemary sprigs for garnish
How to Make Maple Glazed Ham – Step by Step
Step 1: Preheat oven
Step 2: Prepare ham for baking
Step 3: Bake
Step 4: Make the glaze
Step 5: Cook the glaze
Step 6: Baste the ham
Step 7: Serve
Tips and Notes
- Cover with Foil. Make sure to use a tent of foil on your maple glazed ham as it bakes. This will help keep it juicy and prevent it from drying out.
- Let it rest. Allow your ham to rest in the pan once you take it out of the oven for at least 15 minutes before cutting and serving.
How long to cook a ham?
A precooked ham just needs to be reheated, so bake until it reaches 145 degrees according to a meat thermometer. This usually takes about 10-12 minutes per pound of ham when cooked in a 325 degree oven.
How to Store Maple Glazed Ham
Store any leftover ham in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.
Can you freeze ham?
Yes, leftover fully-cooked ham can be frozen in an airtight container or freezer ziplock bag for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight before reheating and serving.
Recipes to use up your leftover Ham!
- Ham and Cheese Stromboli
- Macaroni and Cheese with Ham and Broccoli
- Ham and Broccoli Quiche
- Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
Recipe: Maple Glazed Ham
Ingredients
- 7-9 pound boneless ham, precooked and sliced
- 1/2 cup + 2 Tablespoons orange juice, divided
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- Orange slices and fresh rosemary sprigs, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Adjust your oven rack to the lower third of your oven. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Line a large baking dish or roasting pan with aluminum foil. Remove the packaging from the ham and place the ham inside of the foil.
- Baste the ham all over with the 2 tablespoons of orange juice. Cover the ham with the aluminum foil and bake in the preheated oven for 10- 12 minutes per pound, or until the internal temperature has reached 145 degrees.
- While the ham is baking, make the glaze. In a medium sized sauce pan, heat the rest of the orange juice, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger over medium low heat. Stir well.
- Continue stirring until the mixture has begun to boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for a few minutes until the liquid has slightly thickened and become caramelized.
- During the last 30 minutes of baking time, remove the ham from the oven. Increase the temperature to 400 degrees. Baste the ham with the brown sugar glaze, then return it to the 400 degree oven and bake for about 30 more minutes, basting once more halfway through the cooking time. **Watch carefully, as you do not want the glaze to burn in the oven.**
- Remove the ham from the oven and baste as desired. Serve warm with orange slices and fresh rosemary sprigs as garnish.
Notes
- Cover with Foil. Make sure to use a tent of foil on your maple glazed ham as it bakes. This will help keep it juicy and prevent it from drying out.
- Let it rest. Allow your ham to rest in the pan once you take it out of the oven for at least 15 minutes before cutting and serving.
- How long to cook: A precooked ham just needs to be reheated, so bake until it reaches 145 degrees according to a meat thermometer. This usually takes about 10-12 minutes per pound of ham when cooked in a 325 degree oven.
- Storing: Store any leftover ham in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.
- Freezing: Leftover fully cooked ham can be frozen in an airtight container or freezer ziplock bag for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight before serving.
Why do all the photos show a sliced ham? It seems like a great idea because then all of the glaze could drip down between each slice, but there’s no mention of doing that in your instructions..
Hi Rebecca, the ham was already pre-sliced (also called spiral sliced) when purchased from the store. A lot of hams come this way and make serving a lot easier.
Now im dying to make a ham!! this looks so good, I need to make this asap. Anything with maple sign me up
This recipe looks great! I am not a big fan of ham but I bet this recipe would be delish on a turkey breast!
I’ve tried lots of ham glazes but this one is now going to become my favorite! It adds so much flavor.
I’ve been thinking about what to cook for Christmas for weeks, this sounds perfect, thank you
I love ham. This looks incredible! I will be trying it soon!