This Irish Soda Bread recipe has raisins (or currants) and optional caraway seeds; this round quick bread easy to make in your cast iron skillet, baked in the oven. Enjoy it for St. Patrick's Day or any time of the year.
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Baked Ham
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
Baked Ham is one of the easiest main courses that you can make for Christmas, Easter, or any holiday. It makes for a great main outside of the holidays, it feeds a crowd and there are usually leftovers to make soup, salad, or sandwiches.
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Baked Ham
Hi Friends, I'm sharing how to make your basic, Baked Ham recipe that you can use for Christmas, Easter, any holiday or gathering, or even for a weeknight dinner!
It's so great to know how to cook a ham because it's like the dinner that keeps giving, there's usually plenty of ham to make ham sandwiches, ham for breakfast, ham soup, ham salad, ham pizza - you name it!
What holiday do you remember having Baked Ham at? For me, there was usually one at Christmas (in addition to a Beef Roast) and definitely at Easter.
After starting a family, I see the value of having ham on a non-holiday day/week because it just stretches, feeding your family for days! I've come up with so many ham recipes using up a baked ham.
Ham goes great with my Honey Mustard Sauce recipe!
Ingredients for Baked Ham
- 1 ham (with seasoning packet)
- ½ cup water
- seasoning packet
- 1 ½ tablespoons water
Helpful Kitchen Tools for Baked Ham
- wet measure
- roasting pan
- serving platter
- serving spoon & fork and carving knife
Web Story
This ham tastes wonderful when it is serves with fresh, tart, crisp apples, as shown in the photos.
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Baked Ham
Yield:
1 ham
Prep Time:
5 minutes
Cook Time:
15 minutes
Total Time:
20 minutes
Baked Ham is one of the easiest main courses that you can make for Christmas, Easter, or any holiday. It makes for a great main outside of the holidays, it feeds a crowd and there are usually leftovers to make soup, salad, or sandwiches.
Ingredients
- 1 ham , fully cooked (the ham in the photos is 11.85 pounds)
- ½ cup water
- seasoning packet that comes with the ham
- 1 ½ tablespoons water
Instructions
To Serve Warm
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Remove all the packaging from the ham and discard.
- Place ham flat/face side down in the roasting pan and add ½ cup water to the bottom of the pan.
- Cover with lid, foil tent or cooking bag. Bake for 12-15 minutes per pound until internal temperature is 140 degrees F.
- If glazing the ham: Make sure to remove the ham from the oven 10 minutes before the end of the calculated cooking time. To make the glaze, follow the instructions below.
To Make the Ham Glaze
- In a small saucepan, empty the glaze packet that came with the ham. Add the 1 ½ tablespoons water, using a whisk, stir constantly until the glaze is at a full boil. Remove from heat.
- After removing the ham 10 minutes before the end of cooking time, increase the temperature to 425 degrees F.
- Brush the glaze over the ham evenly. Return the ham into the preheated oven without the lid or foil.
- After 10 minutes, take the ham out and it's ready to serve, enjoy!
Notes
- Consume ham within 7-10 days of purchasing, keep your ham refrigerated.
- For longer storage, you can freeze the ham; use it within 3 months.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 8Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 4mgSodium: 70mgCarbohydrates: 0gFiber: 0gSugar: 0gProtein: 1g
Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.
Updated: 12/27/2021, 3/24/2022
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