Posted by Ann on April 10, 1998 at 09:56:31:
Better Than Honey Baked Ham
20 lb. bone-in Magnolia Brand smoked ham
3/4 cup whole cloves
3 tbsp. ground cinnamon
1 tbsp. ground cloves
4 cups light brown sugar
4 oranges, sliced
1 tbsp. dry mustard
1 1/2 cups orange juice
1 box toothpicks
Cut fat off ham and score the ham diamond shapes. Sprinkle ham with cloves and cinnamon spices. Stud with whole cloves in the cuts of the diamond patterns. Pat 2 cups of the brown sugar on ham and top with orange slices fastened with toothpicks.
Cook 18 minutes per pound (or use a meat thermometer 130-140
degrees) in 325 oven on a rack set in a shallow roasting
pan.
Baste often with 1 cup of orange juice. The last half hour
of baking baste with mixture of 1/2 cup orange and 2 cups
brown sugar.
Copycat Honey Baked Ham
1 (7 lb.) med. smoked pork picnic shoulder (bone in or out)
2 cups sugar
1 cup honey or brown sugar, packed
1 (6 oz.) can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 tsp. whole cloves
Make crosswise slits, 1/2 inch apart, halfway through ham to where knife touches bone. Place ham in deep bowl and barely cover with water. Stir in sugar. Soak at least 2 days in refrigerator. Drain.
Place ham in roasting pan, lined with enough foil to wrap completely. Pour honey or brown sugar and orange juice all over pork. Stick cloves all over meat. Wrap tightly with foil.
Bake at 200 degrees 6 to 7 hours or until done, unwrapping and basting occasionally with honey mixture. Unwrap and bake at 450 degrees about 15 minutes for slightly crisp skin.