Baked Ham

Submitted by breezermom

"This is a nice ham for Easter or Christmas. The breadcrumb/brown sugar mixture pressed into the slits you make in the fat lets the flavor permeate the ham."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 15

ingredients

• 236.59 ml breadcrumbs, fine and dry (not italian....I usually just throw some bread in the food processor and let it sit overnight to dry)
• 59.14 ml brown sugar, firmly packed
• 29.58 ml butter, melted
• 2.46 ml ground allspice
• 2.46 ml ground cloves
• 2.46 ml ground mace
• 1.23 ml black pepper
• 59.14 ml water (more or less)
• 4535.92 g ham, smoked and fully-cooked
• 1 egg, beaten
• 59.14 ml breadcrumbs, fine and dry (again, not Italian)
• 44.37 ml sugar

directions

1. Combine 1 cup breadcrumbs, brown sugar, melted butter, allspice, cloves, mace, and black pepper in a bowl; stir well. Gradually add the water, adding just enough to blend. Set aside.
2. Slice the skin from the ham. Score the fat on the ham in a diamond design, making 2-inch slits, 2 inches apart. Press reserved breadcrumb mixture into the slits.
3. Brush the ham with the egg; sprinkle with 1/4 cup breadcrumbs and the sugar.
4. Place the ham, fat side up, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Insert a meat thermometer, making sure it does not touch fat or bone.
5. Bake, uncovered, at 325 degrees for 2 to 2 1/2 hours, or until the meat thermometer registers 140 degrees.