Shelly's Recipe

Southern Coca Cola Ham

Category: Ham

(9-10 lb.) fully cooked, bone-in Ham
2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 cup of honey
1 can of regular Coke

Put the ham in a large baking pan, cut side down. Slice away hard outer skin from ham with a sharp knife, leaving a thin layer of fat. Place ham, sliced side up in a shallow roasting pan. Score top of ham in a diamond pattern

Put 1 1/2 cups of the brown sugar in a bowl and stir in just enough coke from the can to create a thick sauce. Pour sauce all over the ham. Pour the remaining Coke into the pan around the ham.

Bake ham on lowest oven rack at 325° for 1-1/2 hours. Remove ham from oven, leaving oven on. Brush top of ham with honey. Combine remaining brown sugar and spices; pat over honey, coating ham well.

Return ham to oven, and continue to bake at 325 for another 45 minutes uncovered. Cover ham with aluminum foil if necessary, to prevent excessive browning. Let ham stand 15 minutes before carving.