Brown Sugar glazed baked ham with pineapple and maraschino cherries is a delicious combination of sweet and salty for a holiday dinner that feeds a crowd.
This easy pineapple brown sugar ham has 5 simple ingredients and one of them is the precut spiral ham.
The show-stopping centerpiece of your Easter, Christmas or even Thanksgiving table will bake a Pineapple Glazed Ham and it is the easiest holiday recipe to make! Slice the spiral-cut ham off the bone to make a beautiful addition to any brunch buffet. If there are leftovers they can be made into delicious ham sandwiches the next day.
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- 🍍 Ingredients for Glazed Ham With Pineapples:
- 📝 Ingredient notes:
- 🔄 Substitutions
- 🔪 How to make Glazed Ham, basic instructions
- 📷 Making Brown Sugar Glazed Ham with pineapples, photo instructions
- ❄️ Storage Tips
- ♨️ Reheating Instructions
- 📝 Frequently asked questions, answers and tips:
- 🥣 What to serve with Pineapple Glazed Ham
- 🥡 Leftover Ham Recipes
- Printable Recipe Card
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✨ Here is why this recipe is amazing:
- A simple recipe to use when you earn the free ham from the grocery store during the holidays.
- Basic ingredients bring out the full flavors of the ham and enhance them.
🍍 Ingredients for Glazed Ham With Pineapples:
- 4-6 pound ham
Brown Sugar Glaze For Ham Ingredients:
- 1 can pineapple rings
- 1 jar maraschino cherries
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup reserved pineapple juice
Here is a visual overview of the ingredients in the recipe. Scroll down to the recipe at the bottom for quantities.
📝 Ingredient notes:
- Ham- use a presliced spiral cut ham
- Pineapple rings - be sure to save the juice that comes in the can
🔄 Substitutions
To make a bourbon brown sugar pineapple glazed ham switch out half the pineapple juice for your favorite bourbon.
Pineapple chunks can be swapped out for the pineapple rings. I will do this when I know that there will be a kid's table. The kids love the bites of roasted pineapples topped with a maraschino cherry.
A whole, bone-in ham can be used in place of the spiral ham. I like the spiral-cut ham because it makes for easy slicing and serving at the table.
Add a tablespoon of dijon mustard or whole grain mustard to the ham glaze for an added layer of flavor. Optional but very delicious.
🔪 How to make Glazed Ham, basic instructions
- Add the brown sugar glaze ingredients to a pan. Allow to simmer and reduce while you prepare the spiral ham.
- Using wooden toothpicks, secure the pineapple slices to the ham with a maraschino cherry in the center of each ring of pineapple.
- Place the prepared ham in a roasting pan, add water to the bottom of the pan, cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes at 350.
- Remove the foil, and baste with the brown sugar glaze. Bake for an additional 10 minutes. Repeat 3 times for a total of an additional 40 minutes bake time.
- Serve hot with your favorite side dishes.
📷 Making Brown Sugar Glazed Ham with pineapples, photo instructions
- In a saucepan add the honey and the brown sugar.
2. Add the pineapple juice to the pan, stir to dissolve the brown sugar bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
3. Allow the honey brown sugar glaze to boil for 1 minute and start to reduce.
4. The honey glaze will thicken as it cools.
5. Place the ham in a deep baking dish and using wooden toothpicks, secure the pineapple rings to the ham. Preheat the oven to 350.
6. If the pineapples, overlap, that is fine. They will shrink and cook down slightly as the ham bakes.
7. Add a maraschino cherry to the center of each pineapple ring. Add 1 cup of water to the pan, cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
8. After the first bake time, remove the foil from the ham and adjust the toothpicks in the cherries and pineapple rings if they have slipped.
9. Using a basting brush, brush the brown sugar honey glaze over the ham, pineapples and cherries. Leaving the foil off of the ham, place the ham back in the oven and allow the glaze to reduce and caramelized on the ham for 10 minutes.
10. Repeat the basting and baking 3 times for a total of 40 additional baking time.
❄️ Storage Tips
Once you have completely cooked any leftovers, you can store this easy baked ham in the refrigerator for 3-5 days, or in the freezer for up to 2 months. Be sure to store in air-tight containers.
♨️ Reheating Instructions
Wrap the leftover ham slices in foil and add a splash of water, pineapple juice or extra glaze before closing the foil and reheat the ham in a 325°F oven for no more than 10 minutes per pound. Check to be sure the ham reaches an internal temperature of 135-140°F.
📝 Frequently asked questions, answers and tips:
I will plan on about ¾ lb. per person for a bone-in ham, so an 8 lb. ham will feed about 10-11 people. It also depends on how many side dishes you will be serving.
By adding a brown sugar glaze to ham, it is helping to lock in the moisture, adds a layer of caramel flavor, color, and adds extra sweetness. The extended bake time with the thin layer of glaze will give the edges of the ham slices a sugary crispy edge.
🥣 What to serve with Pineapple Glazed Ham
- Rhodes Rolls - the best frozen dinner rolls to use when you want to make homemade rolls without the work!
- Oven Roasted Asparagus - Roasting asparagus is a quick and easy way to enhance the delicate flavors of the asparagus and give the asparagus tips a bit of char.
🥡 Leftover Ham Recipes
- Ham Pot Pie - This is an easy ham pot pie recipe that uses homemade ham pot pie dough squares, leftover ham cubed and diced potatoes. Made in the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of slippery ham pot pie where there is a boiled dough instead of a top flaky crust.
- Ham and Potato Crockpot Soup - Set your crockpot in the morning and come home to delicious soup your whole family will love.
- Hoppin' John - made in a slow cooker, is a traditional New Year’s Recipe but is perfect for any time you are craving slow cooker black-eyed peas.
Printable Recipe Card
Glazed Baked Ham with pineapples
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Ingredients
- 4-6 pound ham
- 1 can pineapple rings
- 1 Jar maraschino cherries
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup pineapple juice reserved from the can of pineapple rings
Instructions
- In a saucepan add the honey and the brown sugar.
- Add the pineapple juice to the pan, stir to dissolve the brown sugar bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
- Allow the honey brown sugar glaze to boil for 1 minute and start to reduce.
- The honey glaze will thicken as it cools.
- Place the ham in a deep baking dish and using wooden toothpicks, secure the pineapple rings to the ham. Preheat the oven to 350.
- If the pineapples, overlap, that is fine. They will shrink and cook down slightly as the ham bakes.
- Add a maraschino cherry to the center of each pineapple ring. Add 1 cup of water to the pan, cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
- After the first bake time, remove the foil from the ham and adjust the toothpicks in the cherries and pineapple rings if they have slipped.
- Using a basting brush, brush the brown sugar honey glaze over the ham, pineapples and cherries. Leaving the foil off of the ham, place the ham back in the oven and allow the glaze to reduce and caramelized on the ham for 10 minutes.
- Repeat the basting and baking 3 times for a total of 40 additional baking time.
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