Shelly's Recipe

BAKED HAM

Category: Ham

1 quart champagne or ginger ale
1 quart water
1 pint molasses
1 ham weighing 12 to 20 pounds
1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
2 tbsp yellow mustard
Whole cloves
1 large can pineapple rings
Maraschino cherries
1/2 sweet sherry

Preheat oven to 325. Note the ham’s weight. Place it in a large roasting pan. Pour the champagne or ginger ale, water, and molasses over it. Cover with a lid or foil and bake it for 15 minutes per pound. If liquid evaporates, add more water.

When tender remove from oven and trim off the top skin. Score the ham fat into diamonds but do not cut through to the meat. Insert a clove into each little square of fat. Smear mustard over ham. Pat on brown sugar. Anchor pineapple rings with toothpicks, put a cherry in center of each pineapple. Drizzle 1/2 cup sweet sherry over. Bake for 30 minutes; increase heat to 375 and bake until beautifully glazed.