Baked Honey Bourbon Ham Recipe (2024)

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Mar 24, 2020, Updated Feb 28, 2024

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The Hatfield dinner ham is a delicious 3-pound boneless ham that’s the perfect celebration or holiday ham for a smaller crowd. The best part about this ham is how easy it is to cook and prepare with minimal prep work. It’s really juicy, tender, and super flavorful on its own, however, the honey, orange, and bourbon glaze creates a sweet and citrusy touch you won’t be able to resist.

This ham is the perfect holiday table centerpiece. Mashed potatoes are a great side as they can soak up all that extra glaze on your plate. Irish soda bread can do the same or be slathered with butter. For an over the top appetizer, why not try your hand at baked oysters?

Table of Contents

  • The Honey Bourbon Glaze
  • How to Score the Ham
  • Ham Cooking Time and Temp
  • Where to Get Hatfield Ham?
  • More Main Dish Recipes
  • Baked Honey Bourbon Ham Recipe

The Honey Bourbon Glaze

My honey bourbon glaze is comprised of fresh-squeezed orange juice, honey, bourbon, dark brown sugar, whole cloves, and a pinch of ginger. It’s sweet and citrusywith subtle bourbon notes. My number one tip would be to not over simmer the glaze. 3-4 minutes is enough tocaramelize/meltthe brown sugar. As the glaze cools, it will continue to thicken. If you simmer the sauce for too long, it will over caramelize and make basting difficult.

I baste the ham several times throughout the cooking process. Once before adding the ham to the oven, a second time 20 minutes in, a third time at the 45-minute mark, and a fourth time just before carving and serving. This helps to build a nice thick coating and ensures the glaze soaks into the ham as it cooks.

How to Score the Ham

Scoring the ham allows the glaze to further soak into the exterior of the ham. Iwouldn’tsay this step inmandatory, but it’s easy to do and I think it makes a difference in the final result. As the ham cooks, the cuts will open up, allowing for the glaze and juices to settle in. Aim for just under 1/2-inch deep cuts. Use the end of a sharp knife and carefully cutacross the ham. A diagonal crosshatch or diamond pattern works best. It will slightly resemble a turtle shell once cooked.

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Ham Cooking Time and Temp

A boneless ham typically takes 15-20 minutes per pound to bake in the oven. The 3 pound Hatfield dinner ham will be done in about 1-1 hour 15 minutes at 325 °F, with some additional time for browning the glaze. Although the ham is fully cooked out of the package, it’s important that the internal temp reaches 140 °F degrees before consuming.

An affordable digital thermometer takes the guesswork out of everything and always makes for consistent results.

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Where to Get Hatfield Ham?

Use the store locator here: ff.recipes/hatfield-locator to find a grocery store near you. I get my hams at Big Y.

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Baked Honey Bourbon Ham Recipe

By: Shawn Williams

Servings: 6

Prep: 15 minutes mins

Cook: 1 hour hr

Total: 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

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A simple baked boneless ham with a honey, orange, and bourbon glaze. It’s sweet, citrusy, and perfect for holidays, parties, or celebration meals.

Ingredients

  • 3 pound Hatfield Dinner Ham, netting removed

Honey bourbon glaze

  • 1 orange, juice squeezed
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup bourbon
  • 1/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
  • 1 teaspoon whole cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325 °F.

  • Combine all glaze ingredients in a small saucepan on medium heat. Bring to a gentle simmer, whisking occasionally, until sugar is melted, about 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.

  • Score the ham in a diagonal crosshatch pattern. Starting from one end close to the bottom, cut about 1/2 inch into the ham in a diagonal straight line across the ham. Repeat making lines 1″ apart on the entire ham. Rotate the ham and repeat diagonally from one side to the other.

  • Place the ham in a large oven-safe dish or high rimmed metal pan. Fill with 1/2 inch of water and pour 1/4 cup of glaze over the ham. Cover ham/pan with foil, sealing the ham in entirely.

  • Bake for 45 minutes, basting with the glaze at the 20-minute mark. After 45 minutes remove from the oven, baste with glaze, and return uncovered to the oven for 15-20 additional minutes, or until ham reaches internal temp of 140 °F. Baste again in the last 5 minutes.

  • Remove ham from the oven and let sit for 10-15 minutes tented with foil before serving. Baste just before slicing and serving.

Additional Info

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

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FAQs

How to cook a honey baked ham from the Honey Baked ham Company? ›

Serving Instructions

We recommend that you do not heat Honey Baked Hams® - they are made to enjoy right from the refrigerator. If you prefer your meat warmed, gently heat on low heat 275°F for 10 min per pound only by the slice, do not heat the entire ham. Heating may cause the meat to dry out and lose flavor.

What are the ingredients in HoneyBaked ham? ›

To meet my meat, so to speak. Take the HoneyBaked Hams that grace the tables of so many Christmas celebrations. The ingredient list looks like a chemistry lesson: Ham cured with water, salt, sodium lactate, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate.

How long do you cook a HoneyBaked ham and at what temperature? ›

If using a conventional oven, cover the entire ham (or portion to be used) and heat at 275 degrees F for about 10 minutes per pound. Your HoneyBaked spiral ham will retain its deliciousness for up to 6 weeks in the freezer.

How long do you cook a HoneyBaked ham that's already cooked? ›

We recommend that you do not heat Boneless Ham - they are made to enjoy right from the refrigerator. If you prefer your meat warmed, gently heat on low heat 275°F for 10 min per pound only by the slice, do not heat the entire ham. Heating may cause the meat to dry out and lose flavor. The Boneless Hams are pre-sliced.

Why does Honey Baked Ham taste so good? ›

First, our Honey Baked Ham products start with a rigorous selection process, then the meat is smoked for up to 24 hours with our special blend of hardwood chips. The result is that every rich and flavorful bite, and every slice, is fall-apart-in-your-mouth perfect. There's something about that sweet, crunchy glaze.

What is so special about Honey Baked Ham? ›

With its sweet, crunchy glaze enhancing the flavor of the bone-in gourmet ham, Harry's patented spiral-slicing process made Honey Baked Ham the easy-to-serve centerpiece, becoming an instant staple at holiday dinners, Easter celebrations and meaningful meals shared and savored by family and friends.

Do you cook the ham glaze or put on after? ›

The glaze should not be applied until the final hour to 30 minutes, in order to avoid burning the sugars. What you're going to do with the glaze ingredients is just combine most of them into a paste, and then apply it to the ham. After that, the heat in your oven will take care of everything.

Do I cover ham when I glaze it? ›

Brush ham all over with ⅓ Glaze (Glaze will have thickened so return to heat to loosen, about 30 seconds). Leave ham uncovered to caramelize surface and bake until the ham reaches an internal temperature of around 140 degrees F, approximately 20-30 minutes, spooning juices over ham every 10 minutes.

When you glaze a ham is it already cooked? ›

The thing with glazed ham is that it doesn't actually need to be cooked because it's already cooked. It's just about getting that glaze just right! Cool for 2 – 3 hours on the counter until you can barely feel warmth when you hover your hand over the surface.

How many people does a 8 lb Honey Baked Ham serve? ›

A: The 7.5 to 8.5 Lb. Ham serves 12 to 14 for dinner servings. The 8.5 to 9.5 serves 14 to 16 for dinner servings.

Are honey baked hams frozen when you pick them up? ›

Are HoneyBaked products shipped frozen? Every product is individually frozen, boxed in our temperature control packaging with ice packs to guarantee that your order will remain fresh and delicious on its way to you. Our products are designed to thaw during transit so excess moisture or condensation is to be expected.

How do you heat a whole honey baked ham? ›

Keep the Honey Baked Ham in its original foil wrapper or remove the wrapper and wrap with your own foil to keep it from drying out. Maintain the oven temperature at about 275°F to 300°F. A general time guide is to heat for 10 minutes for every pound of ham.

How do you cook a store bought honey ham? ›

We want to cook our Honey Baked Ham to an internal temperature of 135 degrees F. This temperature is just enough to warm it through and will take about 10-13 minutes per pound.

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