Fruity Holiday Ham Recipe

Fruity Holiday Ham Recipe

  • 1 cup syrup from canned mandarin oranges, oranges reserved
  • 1 cup apple juice
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 (4 pound) precooked spiral-cut ham
  • 2 (10 ounce) jars maraschino cherries
  • 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place ham in a deep roasting dish.
  2. Mix syrup, apple juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, and cloves together in a small bowl. Pour over ham.
  3. Coat ham with maraschino cherries and crushed pineapple.
  4. Bake ham in the preheated oven, basting every 30 minutes with juices, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads 140 degrees F (60 degrees C), about 1 hour 30 minutes.
  5. Garnish ham with reserved mandarin oranges.