Ham with Peach Glaze

From: Taste of Home

• 8-10 Servings
• Prep: 5 min. Bake: 2 hours 20 min.

Ingredients

• 1 fully cooked bone-in ham (5 to 7 pounds)
• Whole cloves
• 2 cans (8 ounces each) sliced pineapple, drained
• Maraschino cherries with stems
• 1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup peach or apricot nectar
• 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

Directions

• Place ham on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Score the surface of the ham, making diamond shapes 1/2 in. deep; insert a clove in each diamond. Secure pineapple slices and cherries on ham with toothpicks.
• In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, peach nectar, vinegar and ground cloves. Spoon half of glaze over ham.
• Cover and bake at 350° for 2 hours. Uncover; bake 20-30 minutes longer or until a meat thermometer reads 140°, basting twice with remaining glaze. Yield: 8-10 servings.

Ham with Peach Glaze published in Taste of Home December/January 2004, p33