This delicious Oven-baked Ham with Pineapple Glaze is a delicious ham to serve for Easter, Thanksgiving, or Christmas!

Oven-baked ham on a white serving tray drizzled with pineapple glaze.

Oven-Baked Ham with Pineapple Glaze

Easter comes at such a beautiful time of year. For my family, Easter has always been the first mark of spring. I love watching nature wake up and come to life again as spring brings forth life and color after a dark drabby winter. How appropriate that it also happens to be the same time of year that our dear Savior was brought back to life. Easter is a perfect time to gather with family and friends and reflect on love, hope, and new beginnings. And in keeping with true southern fashion, this always involves food at my house. Namely, an Easter celebration over a delicious feast.

As I’ve been thinking of Easter recipes to share with y’all, my thought took me straight to ham.  I know ham is a tradition for many families at Easter, but how can it be changed so that it isn’t the same ole’ same ole’?  How can your Easter Ham be different from your Christmas Ham?  I decided to make a new glaze to make this year’s ham different – let me in introduce to you Oven-Baked Ham With Pineapple Glaze

With all that said, don’t just limit this oven-baked ham to Easter though. It is perfect for that wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas meal too!

How to choose a ham

Hams are sold bone-in, partially boned, or boneless. Unless sold fresh, hams are cured. There are different curing processes – brined (wet-cured), injection-cured, or dry-cured. Brine-cured involves soaking in a liquid salt mixture that sometimes has added flavors before being smoked. Brine-cured hams are the most common variety found in grocery stores and can vary significantly in quality. Many mass producers use the injection-curing method which is when the liquid brine is injected into the ham. These different methods of curing are how quality is affected. Dry-curing is when the entire surface of the meat is thoroughly coated with salt and then stored until the salt saturates the meat. This procedure is sometimes repeated several times.

Fully-cooked, partially cooked, and uncooked

Hams are available fully cooked, partially cooked or uncooked. A fully cooked ham needs to be heated until internal temperature reads at least 148° F; partially cooked to at least 137° F. Uncooked and partially cooked hams should be baked before serving while fully cooked hams only require being heated. Uncooked and partially cooked hams are often referred to as country-cured or country-style. The majority of these “country” hams come from Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. It’s been noted that probably the most famous county-cured ham is the Smithfield ham from Smithfield, Virginia which happens to be a small town about two hours from where I live. There are many other varieties of hams, all with specific names, that come from different parts of the world.

Oven-baked ham on a white serving tray drizzled with pineapple glaze.

What ingredients do I need to make this oven-based ham with pineapple glaze?

  • A spiral cut ham – I recommend getting the highest quality ham you can find.
  • Pineapple juice
  • Light brown sugar
  • Vinegar
  • Prepared mustard
  • Cloves
Oven-baked ham on a white serving tray drizzled with pineapple glaze.

What items do I need to prepare and serve this ham?

You’ll need a large roaster pan to bake the ham in. The size of your pan can vary depending on the size of your ham. When serving your ham you will also need a serving platter large enough to hold the ham after it has been cut up into serving pieces.

Pineapple Glaze

This pineapple glaze is made quickly by combines pineapple juice with brown sugar and a few other ingredients. This glaze turns a classic ham into something even more flavorful.  As the meat soaks up this glaze, it becomes a sweet, tasty and tender main attraction.  Everyone will love it when you serve oven-baked Ham with Pineapple Glaze.  Leftovers make delicious ham biscuits and sandwiches.  And can also be used in soups and casseroles.

Oven-Baked Ham with Pineapple Glaze is superb with this delicious side.

Oven-baked ham on a white serving tray drizzled with pineapple glaze.

Can you see yourself serving this oven-baked ham for your holiday meal? If so I’d love for you to tell me in the comments what you would serve with it.

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Oven-Baked Ham with Pineapple Glaze

Serving Up Southern
5 from 1 vote

Ingredients
  

  • Spiral Sliced Ham
  • 1/2 cup pineapple juice or 1/2 cup crushed pineapple
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
  • Pinch of ground cloves

Instructions
 

  • Bake ham according to package instructions, discarding the prepackaged glaze that comes with the ham. Plan to remove ham from oven 30 minutes before done.
  • In a small saucepan, mix pineapple, brown sugar, vinegar and prepared mustard and bring to a low boil.
  • Remove from burner and drizzle all over the ham, saving some for later. Return ham to oven and bake for the remaining 30 minutes.
  • When done remove slices from bone, place on platter and drizzle again with glaze. Serve remaining glaze on the side.

Disclaimer: Nutritional values (per serving) are approximates only and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.

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4 Comments

  1. Kim this looks so yummy!! I love baked ham with a bit of sweetness and this one looks just perfect! I’ll be right over ;)

  2. Haha…come right on, Cindy! If you like that little bit of sweetness and you love pineapple, I think you’ll like it for sure. ;)

  3. Kim this looks so yummy!! I love baked ham with a bit of sweetness and this one looks just perfect! I’ll be right over

  4. 5 stars
    👨‍🍳🍍🍖 This oven-baked ham with pineapple glaze looks absolutely delicious! 😍 Can’t wait to try this recipe out and impress my family and friends at our next get-together. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏼👏🏼

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