Apricot Holiday Ham

Total Time: 2 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 5 lbs boneless ham, fully cooked
• whole cloves
• 1 (18 ounce) jar apricot preserves
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon orange zest, finely shredded
• 1/2 cup orange juice or 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple slices, drained

Recipe

• 1 place ham on a rack in a shallow baking pan.
• 2 score top of ham in a diamond pattern, making cuts about 1/4 inch deep.
• 3 stud with whole cloves.
• 4 insert a meat thermometer into center of ham.
• 5 bake at 325 degrees about 2 hours or until thermometer registers 140 degrees.
• 6 combine apricot preserves and cornstarch in a small saucepan.
• 7 stir in orange zest, orange or pineapple juice and cinnamon.
• 8 cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
• 9 top ham with pineapple slices.
• 10 spoon some of the preserves mixture over the ham 2 or 3 times during last last 30 minutes of baking.
• 11 before serving, discard cloves and slice ham thinly.
• 12 serve with remaining sauce and pineapple slices.