Pineapple Brown Sugar Glaze for Baked Spiral Ham

Pouring pineapple brown sugar glaze over spiral cut ham.

Pineapple Brown Sugar Glaze for Baked Spiral Ham

Course: Sauces

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Easy, Holiday, Pork

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 0

Total Time: 5

Servings: 2-1/4 cups for 1 ham

Calories: 1757kcal

Author: Marilyn

Make a quick and decadent Ham Glaze for your next holiday dinner. This glaze is sweet from the brown sugar and pineapple juice, but gets leveled out by the garlic, mustard, and cloves. The rounded out flavor will make your ham shine and bring everyone back for seconds

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Ingredients

1 cup packed brown sugar
½ cup pineapple juice
½ cup unsalted butter, melted
¼ cup Dijon mustard
½ teaspoon minced garlic
½ teaspoon ground cloves

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Instructions

In a medium mixing bowl, add the brown sugar. Add the remaining ingredients. Whisk until thoroughly combined. Set aside.
About 20 to 30 minutes before the ham is done, use a basting brush to completely coat the ham. Return the ham to the oven. Set aside any remaining glaze.
5 minutes before the ham is done, drizzle any remaining glaze over the ham. Cook until done.

Notes

Cook's Tips:

For added texture, use crushed pineapple and juice from a can of pineapple.

The glaze will seem grainy, but that’s normal. The heat from the ham will do the rest of the work and it will no longer be grainy, but it will definitely be quite perfect.

If you don’t have unsalted butter, salted butter is just fine.

This glaze can be used on any type of cooked or smoked ham.

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