# What's your favorite Ham Glaze? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171 "2015-12-23T13:30:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171/1 "2015-12-23T13:30:59Z")
We’re having ham for Christmas this year. I’m never really happy with the way my ham usually comes out, so I thought I’d ask what you guys do. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171/2 "2015-12-23T13:39:19Z")
Thanksgiving or not I prefer cranberry glaze. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171/3 "2015-12-23T13:43:34Z")
[Peach Riesling Glazed Ham](http://realhousemoms.com/riesling-peach-glazed-ham/) I made this a few months ago and it was fantastic, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171/4 "2015-12-23T13:45:57Z")
The glaze is from the brown sugar rubbed on the ham before baking. Mixes with the juices (as it bakes) and the glaze is there ready to spoon over the slices. We add a layer of crushed pineapple on the ham about 15 mins before it finishes cooking. That browns the edges a bit. Otherwise thats it. Ham is pretty hard to mess up. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171/5 "2015-12-23T13:51:35Z")
Half ginger ale + half melted jellied cranberry sauce. No vinegar or other liquids, no cloves, NO MUSTARD! ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171/6 "2015-12-23T23:50:13Z")
I just pour apple juice over it and let it bake. Gives a wonderful flavor. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171/7 "2015-12-23T23:55:28Z")
I don’t have a real answer to the OP. But I do have to point out the disturbing OP name/thread title combo… ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171/8 "2015-12-23T23:59:46Z")
If the sides are being brought potluck, I do Alton Brown’s multilayer glaze, with brown mustard, dark brown sugar, bourbon and crushed ginger snaps. [http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/city-ham-recipe.html](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/city-ham-recipe.html) If I’m also making the sides and that’s too labor intensive, then I use the juice of maraschino cherries, just enough to dissolve some brown sugar into a thick paste. Or melted apricot jam and brown sugar. Or pineapple juice and brown sugar. Pretty much anything mixed with brown sugar will work in a pinch. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171/9 "2015-12-24T00:46:38Z")
Sorghum on a country ham. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171/10 "2015-12-24T01:17:14Z")
[Ham with Coca-Cola glaze](http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/food/2012/recipes-coca-cola-ham/) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171/11 "2015-12-24T11:15:26Z")
Hey, thanks everyone. I’m going to run these by the family this morning and let them pick one. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171/12 "2015-12-29T06:26:40Z")
I’ve only ever bought fully cooked, spiral sliced style hams. Sometimes they come with a glaze packet, sometimes not. When they do, I follow the directions on the glaze packet, but I add in a couple of generous spoonfuls of my homemade apricot or peach jam, then put the ham in the oven to warm up. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-ham-glaze/741171/13 "2015-12-29T12:03:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Ham with Coca-Cola glaze](http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/food/2012/recipes-coca-cola-ham/) Wasn’t that a hit song for The Andrews Sisters? 😃