Honey, Brown Sugar & Cinnamon Glazed Spiral Sliced Ham Recipe
This is Dad's go-to holiday recipe. A spiral-sliced ham cooked with cherry coke and then topped with pineapple. You finish it off with a glaze of honey, brown sugar, cinnamon and the juices from the ham. It is a delicious holiday treat.
Place the ham flat side down in a large baking pan and score the ham diagonally with a sharp knife.
Open the can of pineapple and pour the juice on top of the ham.
Sprinkle the ham with a mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon. Dad used his handy dandy spice shaker and mixed up ¼ cup of brown sugar and 1 tablespoon of cinnamon.
Drizzle honey all over the top of the ham and then place the pineapple slices on the ham. Secure them with toothpicks.
Sprinkle a little more of the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture on the ham coating the pineapple slices too.
Pour one can of coke in the pan.
Tent the ham tightly with tin foil and place it in a preheated 275-degree oven for 12-15 minutes a pound. For Dad's ham it was 3 hours.
For the Glaze
When the time on the ham is done take the ham out of the oven and bump the temp up to broil.
In a large pot or saucepan add ½ cup of the liquid from the ham, ½ cup of brown sugar, ½ a stick of butter, ½ tablespoon of cinnamon and ½ tablespoon of honey. Cook on a low simmer until it reduces and thickens enough to coat a spoon. It took about 6-8 minutes for Dad.
Pour the glaze all over the top of the ham making sure you coat it as best as possible.
Return the ham uncovered to the oven on broil. Make sure you watch it closely because it can easily burn. You are just looking to caramelize the glaze and get a nice color on the ham. Remove the ham when you are happy with the color.
Let the ham rest for 15 minutes to help keep it juicy when you slice it.