Molasses Glaze For Holiday Ham Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Place ham on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Using a sharp knife, score surface of ham with 1/4-in.-deep cuts in a diamond pattern. Cover and bake until a thermometer reads 130°, 1-3/4 to 2-1/4 hours., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine grapefruit and orange juices. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced by half, 6-8 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients; return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until thickened, 12-15 minutes ., Remove ham from oven. Brush with 1/3 cup glaze. Bake, uncovered, basting occasionally with remaining glaze, until a thermometer reads 140°, 15-20 minutes longer.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Remove rind from ham and score the fat with a sharp kife, creating diamond shapes all over the surface.
• Stud ham with cloves (and pineapple & cherries, if desired- attach with either toothpicks or cloves).
• Place ham in roasting pan so that the wide flat cut side is down.
• Bake 2 1/2-3 hours for a whole ham, 1 3/4-2 hours for a half ham (or use the heating instructions provided on your ham wrapper, changing the cook temp if necessary as well).
• Mix dry mustard powder with the molasses and brush all over ham 30 minutes before the ham is done, returning ham to oven to contiune cooking at 325°F.
• TIP: Do not baste ham with pan drippings as this will make the glaze look dull.
• Once ham is cooked, let rest 10 minutes before carving.
• Do not eat the cloves- they provide flavoring as they bake, but should be discarded after cooking.

Steps:

• Remove skin from ham, leaving 1/4 to 1/2-inch of fat on ham. Score the fat into diamond shapes and insert cloves in a decorative manner. In a saucepan, bring bourbon, molasses, and peppercorns to a simmer, to cook off the alcohol -- be careful, the alcohol will flame a little. Allow to cool. Put ham on a rack in a baking pan, add 1-inch of water, baste with the glaze and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven. Depending on weight of the ham, the time will vary. It will take approximately 20 minutes per pound. Bake for 3 hours covered and last 1/2 hour uncovered, basting every 20 minutes with glaze.

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients but the ham in a small bowl.
• Grill the ham, turning one time.
• Brush frequently with the molasses sauce.
• Grill about 6-8 minutes, until light brown.
• (This could be broiled.).