Cola Glazed Baked Ham – you’ll never buy a fancy store-bought honey glazed ham again! Only 3 ingredients in the glaze – brown sugar, dijon mustard, and cola. Baste the ham as it bakes to get maximum flavor. Don’t forget to baste in-between the slices. This ham is always a hit! It is 1000% better than that fancy store-bought ham. YUM!
Easy Spiral Glazed Ham for the Holidays
Christmas is all about the ham! I love ham at the holidays. We usually buy a fancy honey glazed ham, but this year I decided to try my hand at a homemade Cola Glazed Baked Ham. Y’all this was BETTER than our usual store-bought ham. I mean, seriously out of this world delicious!!! I can not wait to make this for our Christmas dinner. It is the bombdiggity!!!!
How to Make Cola Glazed Baked Ham
The glaze is super simple. Only 3 ingredients – brown sugar, dijon mustard, and Coke. I brushed the glaze all over the ham and in-between the slices. Make sure to get the glaze in-between all those slices!! You want every slice to have amazing flavor!!
- I bought a fully cooked spiral baked ham at the grocery store.
- I bought an 8-pound ham because that was the smallest one that they had.
- Since the ham is already cooked, you are only heating up the ham. You are looking for an internal temperature of 140ºF.
- Cook the ham about 13 to 16 minutes per pound. I baked our ham covered for about an hour and then baked it an additional 30 minutes uncovered.
- Baste the ham with the glaze every 10 minutes as it baked uncovered.
- Can I make Cola Glazed Ham in the slow cooker? Yes! Place the ham in the slow cooker and cover with glaze. Cover and cook on LOW until the ham reaches an internal temperature of 140ºF.
- Tip – if your lid won’t cover the ham, cover the crockpot with some heavy-duty aluminum foil instead.
What to Serve with Holiday Spiral Baked Ham
This was one of the BEST hams I’ve ever eaten. It goes great with all of the holiday fixings – potatoes, corn, and green beans. The leftovers were AMAZING too!! This makes the BEST ham sandwiches! I will never buy a fancy store ham again! This ham is 1000% better!
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Cola Glazed Baked Ham
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 1 (8-lb) fully cooked spiral cut ham
- 1½ cups brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup cola
- ½ cup dijon mustard
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375ºF. Line a deep dish roasting pan with aluminum foil. Place ham in pan.
- Whisk together brown sugar, cola and dijon mustard. Brush 1/2 of the glaze on top of and in between slices of ham. Cover ham with foil.
- Bake, covered, for 1 hour. Remove ham from oven and baste with 1/3 of remaining glaze.
- Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes, basting with remaining glaze every 10 minutes.
Notes:
- I bought a fully cooked spiral baked ham at the grocery store.
- I bought an 8-pound ham because that was the smallest one that they had.
- Since the ham is already cooked, you are only heating up the ham. You are looking for an internal temperature of 140ºF.
- Cook the ham about 13 to 16 minutes per pound. I baked our ham covered for about an hour and then baked it an additional 30 minutes uncovered.
- Baste the ham with the glaze every 10 minutes as it baked uncovered.
- Can I make Cola Glazed Ham in the slow cooker? Yes! Place the ham in the slow cooker and cover with glaze. Cover and cook on LOW until the ham reaches an internal temperature of 140ºF.
- Tip – if your lid won’t cover the ham, cover the crockpot with some heavy-duty aluminum foil instead.
Steph
Soooooo good, I do not like mustard at all but this was wonderful the taste of mustard was not apparent at all .
I agree. I’m not a huge mustard fan, but it works in this recipe. Glad you enjoyed the ham, Lor!
I have a whole smoked ham butt, would it work for it or does it have to be a spiral cut ham?
Can this cook in crockpot? How long would you cook it? Thanks
Should we let it rest once it's done cooking? If so, how long?
I just served it after I took it out of the oven. I cut it in the corners and pulled off the slices.
Add a little more mustard along with a tbl of pineapple juice