Honey-Glazed Baked Ham (Crowd Size)

 

6

to 8 pounds fully cooked smoked bone-in ham

Whole cloves, if desired

1/4

cup honey

1/4

teaspoon ground cloves

1/2

teaspoon ground mustard

• 1 Place ham, fat side up, on rack in shallow roasting. Insert meat thermometer into ham surface at a slight angle or through the end of the ham so tip is in center of thickest part of ham and does not touch bone or fat.
• 2 Roast 12 to 16 minutes per pound in 325ºF oven or until thermometer reads 120ºF.
• 3 Remove ham from oven. Pour drippings from pan. Remove any skin from ham. Cut fat surface of ham lightly in uniform diamond shapes; insert whole clove in each diamond.
• 4 Mix honey, mustard and ground cloves; brush on ham. Roast uncovered about 20 minutes longer or until thermometer reads 135°F.
• 5 Cover ham with tent of aluminum foil and let stand about 10 minutes or until thermometer reads 140ºF.