Copycat Honey Baked Ham
This Copycat Honey Baked Ham is loaded with holiday flavor, and it’s so easy to make. A spiral ham is coated with a sweet and savory pumpkin spice mix and then baked until piping hot and caramelized on the outside.
Ham is a classic main course for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and we have one on the table every year. One of our favorite ways to prepare it is by making this copycat version of the classic holiday Honey Baked Ham. It’s so easy to make, and it’s much more cost-effective!
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Limited Ingredients: It only takes a few simple ingredients to make this recipe.
- Easy: Just mix, coat, and bake!
- Holiday Flavor: The pumpkin spice works with the other sweet and savory flavors in the coating to create a ton of classic holiday flavor.
- Cost-Effective: This copycat recipe tastes almost exactly like the original but is a fraction of the cost.
🛒Ingredients
You’ll only need a few basic kitchen staples and a spiral ham to make this recipe. Everything you need is listed here, but you’ll find the exact amounts in the recipe card at the end of the post.
- Honey
- Unsalted butter
- Dijon mustard
- Onion powder
- Paprika
- Pumpkin spice
- White sugar
- Brown sugar
- Full-cooked spiral ham
🔪 How to Make Copycat Honey Baked Ham
Making this recipe couldn’t be easier. Just mix the coating ingredients, bake, and enjoy. It’s that easy.
Step 1: Coat with Honey Mustard
Mix the butter, honey, and Dijon mustard in a small bowl until combined. Then, place the ham in a baking dish and coat it with the mixture.
Step 2: Coat with the Spice Mixture
Combine all the spices and both sugars in another bowl. Then, coat the outside of the ham with half the mixture.
Step 3: Bake
Cover the ham with foil and bake it at 325 degrees for about 2 hours or until it reaches 140 degrees.
Step 4: Coat and Bake Again
Remove the ham from the oven and carefully coat it with the remaining spice mixture. Then, bake at 425 degrees, uncovered for 10 to 15 minutes until the sugars caramelize a bit. Enjoy!
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Spicy: Add red pepper flakes for a bit of heat.
- Pumpkin Spice: You can leave out the pumpkin spice if you prefer.
- Mustard: We prefer Dijon, but you can use any mustard you have on hand.
- Boneless Ham: A boneless ham will work for this recipe. Just be sure to adjust your time accordingly.
If you love delicious ham recipes, then you’ll enjoy this honey pineapple glazed ham.
🥄 Equipment
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Baking dish
- Foil
🥫 Storage
Refrigerate this ham for up to 3 days in an air-tight container. For longer storage freeze it for up to 3 months in an air-tight, freezer-safe container.
To reheat the ham, defrost it if frozen. Then microwave individual portions at 30-second intervals until heated through.
What to Serve with This Copycat Honey Baked Ham
This delicious ham pairs well with all your favorite sides like green bean casserole, macaroni and cheese, broccoli casserole, mashed potatoes, and the like.
💭 Tips
- Using your hands is the easiest way to coat the ham with the spices.
- Start keeping an eye on your ham about 8 minutes into the final baking time. You want the sugars to caramelize, not burn.
- Be sure your butter is fully softened so it’s easy to mix with the honey butter ingredients and spread over the ham.
- A food thermometer is the best way to know if your ham has been baked long enough.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Pumpkin spice adds a bit of sweetness and classic holiday savory notes. It works well with the other ingredients in the recipe and the smokiness of the ham itself.
If the ham is raw, cooking it to 145 degrees ensures it’s fully cooked and safe to eat. For pre-cooked hams like spiral hams, cooking to an internal temperature of 140 degrees simply ensures that it’s nice and hot all the way through.
The majority of spiral hams are already fully cooked. However, some brands are not. It’s important to check the label to be sure.
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🧾Recipe Card
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Copycat Honey Baked Ham
Equipment
- Small bowls
- large baking dish or roasting pan
- alumuinum foil
Ingredients
- ½ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 ½ teaspoons pumpkin spice
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 10 pounds fully cooked spiral sliced ham
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
- In a small bowl melt your butter and whisk in the honey and dijon until all combined.
- Place your ham in a large baking dish.
- Coat the ham in the honey butter mixture.
- Next in another bowl combine the onion powder, paprika, pumpkin spice and both sugars.
- Using your hands coat the outside of the ham with about half of the sugar mixture.
- Cover with foil and place in the oven and bake for about 2 hours or until 130 degrees.
- Remove the ham from the oven and carefully coat the ham with the rest of the sugar mixture.
- Turn the oven up to 425 degrees and place the ham back in the oven for 10-15 minutes just until the sugars caramelize a bit.
- Slice and serve!
