Recipe: Baked Ham with Sweet Bourbon-Mustard Glaze for BCMOSBY

Baked Ham with Sweet Bourbon-Mustard Glaze

1 cup honey
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup bourbon
1/4 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 ham half about 6 to 8 pounds fully cooked

Combine the honey and molasses; heat in the microwave or in a pan on the stove top. Stir in bourbon, orange juice, and mustard. Remove all but about 1/4-inch of fat from the ham, then place in a roasting pan. Bake at 325 for about 1 1/2 hours, or until a meat thermometer reaches 140 degrees (About 10 minutes per pound). Baste the ham occasionally with the honey-bourbon mixture. Transfer drippings to a saucepan and add remaining honey mixture; bring to a boil. Slice ham and serve with the glaze.

Bourbon Baked Ham

1 cup honey
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup bourbon
1/4 cup orange or pineapple juice
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 (6 to 8-pound) smoked ham half

Microwave honey and molasses in a 1-quart glass dish at HIGH 1 minute. Whisk to blend. Whisk in bourbon, juice, and mustard. Remove skin and fat from ham and place in a foil-lined 13x9-inch pan. Lightly grease foil. Make 1/4-inch-deep cuts in ham in a diamond pattern. Pour Bourbon
glaze over ham. Bake on lower oven rack at 350 for 3 hours or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 140 . Baste every 15 minutes with Bourbon glaze. Remove from pan. Bring drippings to a boil in a small saucepan. Serve with ham.