Amazing Brown Sugar Ham Glaze Recipe

Nothing compliments a honey roasted ham more than a sweet and sticky brown sugar ham glaze! You only need four ingredients for this recipe!

With the holidays always around the corner, a roasted ham with a brown sugar ham glaze recipe over the top is the perfect main course to serve. It is so simple to throw together and only requires a handful of ingredients you probably already have on hand. I use a spiral honey roasted ham because they always go on sale and are a cinch to serve. Then I top it with this homemade ham glaze to really take it over the top and make it special, because it is the holidays after all.

My ham glaze is a very simple mixture of maple syrup, brown sugar, mustard and garlic, heated together until the sugar melts and them brushed over the entire ham to coat. Stick it back in the oven for the last few minutes of cooking and serve. It gets sticky and is the perfect amount of sweet to savory. Try it on your ham this Easter or Christmas and you will see just how much better your ham becomes. Ham glaze for all!

How to make glaze for ham:

In a small saucepan, stir together maple syrup, brown sugar, mustard (yellow, dijon or whole grain) and chopped garlic. Place over medium heat and stir until it combines and the sugar melts.

Let the glaze simmer gently for a minute or two before removing from the heat. Pull your ham out of the oven and get ready to glaze!

Generously coat the ham in glaze, being sure to separate the slices (if using a spiral ham) to allow the glaze to get into all the nooks and crannies. Send the ham back into the oven for the last few minutes of cooking to set and make it sticky and then serve warm.

It’s one of the easiest things you can do to any ham to elevate it and make it that much more special, especially for a Sunday supper or holiday feast. And of course you can’t have ham without scalloped potatoes or funeral potatoes or mashed potatoes! To each her own 😉

Printable recipe below, friends! Have a great day!

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Amazing Brown Sugar Ham Glaze Recipe

Nothing compliments a honey roasted ham more than a sweet and sticky brown sugar ham glaze! You only need four ingredients for this recipe!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 2 minutes

Total Time 7 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
• 1/4 cup real maple syrup or honey
• 2 tablespoons yellow mustard or dijon or whole grain
• 2 cloves garlic minced

Instructions

1. In a small saucepan, measure out all ingredient and stir over medium heat.

2. Simmer glaze until sugar melts and becomes syrupy, about 1-2 minutes.

3. Remove from heat and glaze ham generously, being sure to separate the slices of spiral ham to get glaze into the nooks and crannies. 

4. Bake glazed ham at 425 degrees for 10 minutes or until sticky and set. Cut slices off ham and serve warm.