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Hot Honey Baked Ham

This Hot Honey Baked Ham recipe has a mouthwatering combo of sweet and spicy that's perfect for a holiday dinner or hot honey ham sandwiches!
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Servings 10
Calories 1063kcal

Ingredients

Hot Honey

  • 1 cup honey
  • 2 teaspoon dried crushed red peppers or use 4 teaspoon for more heat
  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

Instructions

Hot Honey Ham

  • Preheat the oven to 325˚F. Score the ham (if not spiral cut) and then place it on a rack in a roasting pan. Pour one cup of water into the bottom of the pan.
    a knife scoring the ham before baking
  • In a medium bowl, combine the hot honey, brown sugar, melted butter, ground mustard, ground cinnamon, chili powder, ground cloves, and ground ginger.
    hands using a whisk to stir the glaze ingredients
  • Brush half of the glaze over the ham.
    a hand adds the glaze to the ham with a brush
  • Tent the roasting pan with foil and bake the ham for 1 hour 30 minutes.
    covering the ham in tinfoil
  • Remove the foil and brush the ham with half of the remaining glaze. Bake for 20 minutes.
    using a brush to add glaze to the ham
  • Brush the ham with the remaining glaze and bake for an additional 20 minutes, or until it reaches an internal temperature of 140˚F.
    adding more glaze to the ham with a brush
  • If you want the glaze more caramelized, you can put it under the broiler for 2-3 minutes or use a kitchen torch.
    caramelized hot honey glazed ham

Hot Honey Recipe

  • Pour the hot honey into a saucepan and add the crushed red peppers.
    adding crushed red peppers to saucepan
  • Warm over low heat for 30 minutes to infuse the honey, stirring occasionally. Do not boil.
    stirring hot honey with crushed red peppers in a saucepan
  • Remove from heat and stir in the apple cider vinegar.
    adding apple cider vinegar to the saucepan
  • Strain the honey to remove the crushed red peppers.
    poring hot honey into a strainer

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Nutrition

Serving: 1/10 | Calories: 1063kcal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 69g | Fat: 58g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 26g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 209mg | Sodium: 3818mg | Potassium: 972mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 66g | Vitamin A: 310IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 3mg
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