Coca-Cola Glazed Ham

Classic cola-cola glazed ham recipe with brown sugar and dijon that self-bastes in an oven bag for a super easy, super special baked ham.

There’s really not much out there that I love more than baked ham. And when I’m done with it, there’s nothing but a bare bone left. This is the lifespan of a ham at my house:

• Bake the ham, have it for supper 
• Fry up some slices for breakfast the next day 
• Make some sammiches for lunch 
• Chop it up to make ham salad for lunches throughout the following week 
• Use the bone in a pot of bean soup the next weekend 
• Give the dog the bone (I know you can't let a dog have a bone unsupervised... I let mine love on it a while then take it away from him when he starts trying to bite into the bone)

I like to make ham a couple different ways. I either bake it in a baking bag with a can of Coke (because it’s wicked easy and bastes itself) or I make a glaze with dijon mustard, brown sugar and orange juice (because I love the sweetness with the little bite from the mustard).

When I asked on the facebook page which recipe y’all would rather have, it was almost a dead tie. So, I decided to combine the two methods and see what happened.

And, you know what happened? I came up with my new favorite way to bake a ham! I got the best of both worlds… the ham was super moist from baking in the bag, the flavors were amazeballs and it was the easiest thing E V E R. No basting, no fidgeting, no fooling, it was wicked easy AND it was a delicious flavor combination. That’s a win/win in my book all day long!

Here are some of my FAVORITE recipes for serving with ham or for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner!

• Sweet Potato Praline Casserole - A classic recipe with whipped sweet potatoes crowned with a pecan praline topping.
• Mama's Cornbread Dressing - Southern cornbread dressing made with cornbread and herb stuffing that everyone will love.
• Southern Cornbread Dressing with Sausage - Much like Mama's recipe for dressing but with sausage!
• Southern-Style Green Beans & Potatoes - Green Beans & Potatoes cooked low and slow (both stove-top and crock pot instructions).
• Squash Casserole - A delicious squash casserole recipe made with herb stuffing, sour cream and cream of chicken soup.
• Southern-Style Collard Greens - A step-by-step recipe for cooking authentic Southern collard greens.
• Corn Casserole with Cheese & Bacon - An easy casserole recipe with corn, butter, cheddar cheese, bacon, a little flour, eggs and chives!
• Pineapple Casserole - A sweet, savory, Southern casserole with pineapple, buttery Ritz crackers and sharp cheddar cheese.
• Country-Style Baby Lima Beans - A no-fail Southern recipe for tender baby lima beans (butterbeans) cooked low and slow with bacon.

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Yield: 18-20 ServingsAuthor: Mandy Rivers | South Your Mouth

Coca-Cola Glazed Ham

prep time: 10 minscook time: 2 hours and 30 minstotal time: 2 hours and 40 mins

ingredients

• 1 10-12 pound bone-in, cured ham*
• 1 extra large oven bag (holds 8-25 lbs)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup dijon mustard
• 1 large orange, washed and cut into 6 wedges 
• 1 can Coca-Cola

instructions

Trim any excess skin and/or fat from the ham. Using a sharp knife, score the ham in a diamond pattern making 1/4-inch deep slices.  Don't fret over getting this perfect - mine certainly wasn't!

Place the ham (on its side – not face down) in the oven bag set in a large roasting pan. Roll the sides of the bag down so that the bag is open wide and you can get your hands around the ham easily.

Combine brown sugar and dijon mustard in a small bowl and stir until thoroughly combined. Rub sugar mixture all over ham.

Place orange wedges in the bottom of the bag around the ham. Pour the coke into the bag. Don’t pour the coke over the ham or it will wash the sugar mixture off – just pour it in near the bottom of the ham.

“Puff up” the bag a little so that the bag isn't touching the ham. Making sure to keep a “loose fit” around the ham, close the bag tightly with the provided tie. You should end up with what looks something like a two-day old mylar balloon with a ham inside it. 😁

Using a small, sharp knife, make three small slits in the top of the bag for ventilation. Don’t skip this step or the bag will burst wide open and the ham won’t be able to self-baste.

Move your oven rack just low enough that the bag won’t touch the upper elements in your oven then bake at 350 degrees for 2-2.5 hours (2.5-3 hours if using a 13-15 pound ham) or until nicely browned and caramelized.

Remove ham from oven and rest, inside the bag, for 30 minutes before serving.

*Do not use a spiral sliced ham with this recipe.

UPDATE: I have probably received over 200 comments and emails wanting to know why (WHY?!) you can't use a spiral ham for this so I guess I should explain here in the recipe (instead of below in the comments). Only large, solid cuts of meat can handle being cooked this long. If you cook a spiral ham using this recipe it will be dry and tough. In addition to the emails and comments I've received asking why you can't, I've received at least a dozen from people who did anyway and wrote to yell at me that their ham was dry and ruined. You're just going to have to trust me on this one.

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