Apricot-Rum Glazed Spiral Ham is perfect for the Holidays, and easy since the ham is already cooked you’re basically just heating it up and adding your own glaze.
Apricot-Rum Glazed Spiral Ham
Ham is perfect to make for the holidays because it’s easy, feeds a lot of people and it’s pretty hard to mess up. Leftovers can be used to make this Leftover Ham Bone Soup with Potatoes and Cabbage, Pressure Cooker Split Pea Soup with Ham and 16 Bean Soup with Ham and Kale.
This recipe was ever so slightly adapted from the cookbook How To Celebrate Everything. An adorable book filled with recipes for Holidays, Family Dinners, Birthday Rituals and everything in between.
Leftover ham is always great in soups, omelets, beans, and fried rice. Really just about anything you want to add flavor to. Since pre-sliced hams are sold fully cooked, all you have to do is warm it through in the oven for about 10 to 12 minutes per pound. If your ham comes with a glaze packet, toss it out and make it with this simple glaze instead. It will taste much better than the questionable ingredients in the packet that comes with the ham.
And don’t throw away that ham bone!
For more leftover ham recipes you might like:
- Leftover Ham Fried Cauliflower Rice
- Veggie Ham Egg and Cheese Bake
- 16 Bean Soup with Ham and Kale
- Pressure Cooker Split Pea Soup with Ham
Apricot-Rum Glazed Spiral Ham
Ingredients
- 1 6 to 8 pounds Hickory smoked fully cooked spiral cut ham
- 3 tablespoons apricot preserves
- 3 tablespoons dark rum
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325F.
- Place the ham on a rack in a roasting pan with 1 cup water and bake on the lower rack for 1 hour.
- While ham bakes make the glaze by combining the preserves and rum in a small saucepan, cook medium heat and whisk until it gets bubbly, about 5 to 8 minutes.
- After an hour, remove the ham from the oven and brush with the glaze. Return the ham to the oven and cook about another 50 to 60 minutes.
Can I cook this in the crock pot?
Yes although it won’t glaze as nice, but still works
I have rum extract, so I think I will use some of that and a couplbe Tbsp. water to thin it out…
I was wondering if this could be cooked in an electric roaster? Thanks, I tried this in the oven and it was so good but I want to make sure I have my oven for the other things.🙂
I have cooked my spiral ham in the roaster for years. Just remember your ham is already cooked so you are basically just warming it up. They will dry out.
Delicious!   The first time I’ve ever been confident enough to ditch the packet of glaze and make my own.  Not sure why I waited so long. Â
Awesome!
I have made this before and love the recipe as is. However, is there a way to modify this for just ham steaks? It is only two of us in my household and don’t want to have a whole lot of ham left over this year.