Cinnamon Maple Baked Ham

Thanksgiving can get boring with just Turkey every year, so why not change things up a bit and cook up a nice ham. Ham is a staple for many other holidays but, with it’s sweet and savory taste combination it will work just about anytime. The key to ham is low and slow cooking so prepare to have that oven running for 4+ hours with a few basting actions in the middle. Hams are priced pretty well and for the amount of left overs that’ll be available, they can pay for themselves if you skip two meals out. INGREDIENTS: Ham (Fully Cooked) 1/2 cup Brown Sugar 1 tablespoon Cinnamon 1/2 cup Maple Syrup METHOD: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove the Ham from the package and trim the rind or “skin” off the ham. You can do this by cutting around the shank bone or if you have a boneless ham, just cut a line from the already cut portion to the other end. Now with your knife, cut under the skin but only the skin as you will want to leave the fat on. Once the rind is removed you then cut little diamonds into the fat which is called scoring. Now that the hard part is done, mix up your brown sugar and cinnamon until they are blended well. Place a cooling rack into a shallow pan and set the ham cut side down on the rack. Pour the maple syrup over the top of the ham and make sure that it gets into all those good scoring marks. Now take your sugar/cinnamon mix and pack it around the ham. Put the shallow pan into the oven and cook for about 15 minutes per pound. If you have the time, reduce the oven temperature by half and increase cooking time to 30 minutes per pound. Doing the longer version will make it taste even better! Related posts:Oatmeal Pumpkin Cookies

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