Coke Glaze For Holiday Ham Recipes

Steps:

• In Medium or large saucepan Pour juice of pineapple.
• Add Brown sugar to taste, 1 to 2 cups--more or less.
• Add 1 can coke.
• Heat to boil.
• Mix approximately 1 to 2 Tablespoons cornstarch with a small amount of water till smooth.
• Add to mixture.
• Heat till it thickens slightly.
• Prepare Ham: Use a 5lb. ham, boneless or a ham with bone whichever preferred.
• Place in a baking dish or roaster.
• Cut deep slits into ham.
• Place pineapple slices and Maraschino cherries on ham, using toothpicks to hold in place.
• When glaze has thickened, Using baster, baste ham throughly.
• Cook ham according to directions usually listed on ham packaging.
• Baste ham with remaining glaze about every 20 to 30 min. until done.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Place brown sugar in a bowl; whisk in just enough cola to dissolve sugar and form a thick glaze. Place ham in baking dish and pour glaze over ham. Add remaining cola to bottom of baking dish.
• Bake ham in the preheated oven, basting with the glaze occasionally, for 2 hours.
• Transfer ham to a serving platter; tent with foil for up to 30 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Score the ham on the diagonal along the fat side and insert whole cloves in the corners of each slice.
• 2. Season the ham with salt, pepper, and the pinches of each herb. I mix it all together in a rub it all over the ham.
• 3. Cover the ham with brown sugar and pour 1 cup of Cherry Coke in the bottom of the roasting pan.
• 4. Cook the ham for about an hour to an hour and a half.
• 5. Mix the remaining Cherry Coke and whiskey.
• 6. Baste the ham with the mixture often throughout the cooking process. When you are out of the whiskey and cola mixture, use the pan juices. It will have some of the brown sugar and ham juices yummy. When the ham reads 140 on a thermometer it's done. Take it out of the oven. It should be a gorgeous mahogany color. Tent it for about 15 minutes.
• 7. Remove the cloves. Slice and serve with candied carrots and garlic mashed potatoes. So so good!