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 glaze to really take it over the top and make it special because it is the holidays after all.

Ham Glaze Ingredients

My ham glaze is a very simple mixture of these ingredients:

• maple syrup
• brown sugar
• mustard
• garlic

It’s all heated together until the sugar melts and then 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 it becomes.

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

Keyword Brown Sugar Glaze for Ham, Ham Glaze, Ham Glaze Recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 2 minutes

Total Time 7 minutes

Calories 664 kcal

Author Lauren

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

US Customary - Metric

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 the ham and serve warm.

Recipe Notes

Nutritional information is for the whole ham glaze recipe.

Nutrition Facts

Amazing Brown Sugar Ham Glaze Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 664 Calories from Fat 9

% Daily Value*

Fat 1g2%

Sodium 379mg16%

Potassium 368mg11%

Carbohydrates 165g55%

Sugar 155g172%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin C 1.9mg2%

Calcium 207mg21%

Iron 1.2mg7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.