Glazed Maple Pecan Ham

A spiral-cut ham glazed with honey and pecan topping, garnished with orange slices and parsley on a white plate. Butter and condiments are in the background.

5 from 3 votes

🐷🧡🤎 This MOIST and TENDER spiral cut ham is brushed with a sticky sweet pecan glaze that caramelizes as it bakes to coat every ham spiral! Between the toasted pecans, sweet glaze, and JUICY ham, there are so many textures and rich flavors in every bite of this incredible yet EASY ham recipe! Wow your dinner guests this holiday season with this IMPRESSIVE ham coated in a maple pecan praline glaze!

Prep Time10

Cook Time2

Total Time2 10

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Glazed Maple Pecan Ham, ham

Servings:

Calories: 724cal

Equipment

1 large roasting pan (with a wire rack is preferred)

Ingredients

8 to 10 pound precooked spiral ham mostly commonly sold as bone-in
½ cup water
1 cup light brown sugar packed
3 tablespoons real maple syrup
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons orange marmalade
2 tablespoons soy sauce if using lite soy sauce, use 2 1/2 tbsp
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup roughly chopped pecans I use unsalted, raw; you can use salted, candied or your favorite type noting that salted will be of course saltier and candied will be more prone to burning

Instructions

Ham – Preheat oven to 325F with your main oven rack in the middle position, making sure there's room above to accommodate the ham. Place the ham on a large roasting pan, cut side down. Make sure to remove the bottom plastic piece from the ham before cooking if there is one, and discard any glaze packets. Add 1/2 cup water to the bottom of the pan (this helps keep the ham moist as it bakes). Set aside momentarily.
Glaze (sauce) – To a small saucepan, add all the remaining ingredients except the pecans (so brown sugar through ground cloves), bring to a boil over medium-high heat, and let it bubble gently for about 2-4 minutes, or until the sauce begins to thicken. Tips – Make sure to keep an eye on it and not let it bubble too fast; turn the heat down to medium low, or as necessary. There's a lot of sugar in this mixture and you don't want it to burn with a fast boil.
Applying the Glaze #1 - Remove the glaze mixture from heat and brush ONE-THIRD of the glaze over the ham evenly, making sure to get it into the spirals and nooks and crannies. Reserve the leftover glaze for later.
Bake #1 - Cover the ham with foil and bake it covered for about 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours, depending on size.
Rewarm Glaze + Pecans - Place the glaze back on the stov and over medium heat, rewarm it. It should only take a minute or two. Add the pecans and stir to combine.
Applying the Glaze #2 - Brush all the remaining glaze and pecan onto the ham, making sure to get it into the spirals and nooks and crannies.
Bake #2 - Bake the ham uncovered for another 15-20 minutes, or until the ham is fully cooked through and the glaze has caramelized. Baking Tips - If the ham begins to caramelize too quickly you can tent foil over the top of the ham to prevent from overcooking. Ham is "done" when it reaches 140F however this ham was already previously cooked, so you've just been rewarming and flavoring it, and after 2+ hours in the oven, no doubt the meat has come up to 140F.
Resting and Slicing – Allow the ham to rest for about 10-15 minutes before slicing and serving. See the FAQs in the blog post for slicing tips.

Notes

Storage: Let leftover ham cool completely before storing in an airtight container. Ham will keep to 5 days in the fridge or in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. When ready to eat, thaw overnight in the fridge. To reheat, I simply warm individual portions in the microwave for 30-second intervals, or as necessary.

Nutrition Stats - In my opinion, you will yield more than 10 servings (if you're using a 10 pound ham) since it's unlikely people will consume upwards of one pound of ham, each. But it's the holidays, and appetites vary, therefore I kept the serving size at 10 so the stats are likely higher here than they'll realistically be. Plus, not every single drop of the maple pecan glaze will be consumed, which will in reality lower the stats.

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