Brenda's Baked Ham

Note from Cheri: This recipe comes to us courtesy of Brenda Hyde, editor of SeedsOfKnowledge.com, a fabulous website dedicated to making life more memorable (a cause near and dear to my heart). This recipe is part of an article Brenda did about which herbs to use with pork. Click here for more great pork recipes.

1 pre-cooked bone-in or boneless ham 5-9 pounds 1/3 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons herb vinegar 1 teaspoon dry mustard 2 tablespoons orange juice garlic cloves, sliced thickly whole cloves

Serves 8-10 Preheat oven to 425° degrees. Combine the sugar, vinegar, mustard, honey, and juice and set aside. With a sharp knife, make slits in the fat side of the ham in a diamond pattern 1/4 inch deep. Insert a clove and slice of garlic into the center of each diamond. Reduce oven heat to 350°. Place ham in roasting pan. If you are using a lean, boneless ham place a little water in the bottom of the pan. Cooking time will be on ham package-usually according to the weight. Drizzle with the glaze the last 30 minutes, or until ham is about 160° on a meat thermometer. Allow to stand for about 15 minutes, covered, before carving.