Are you looking for a simple, tasty ham recipe? Why not try cooking your ham in the crockpot? Crockpot cooking produces a ham that's moist and juicy, with very little effort on your part. Read on to learn how to make crockpot ham, step by step.
The crock pot ham recipe on this page uses a maple syrup brown sugar glaze. Feel free to adjust the quantities of maple syrup and brown sugar depending on what you have on hand. You can use either all brown sugar or all maple syrup if you like.
How to Cook Ham in a Slowcooker
This recipe for crockpot ham starts with a fully cooked ham. The chef places the ham and its juices in the crockpot for 6 hours on low. The glaze is added after the ham is cooked. 1 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons prepared mustard, and 1 teaspoon orange juice are combined in a saucepan and cooked until the sugar is dissolved. The warm glaze is then brushed over sliced ham and baked for 10-20 minutes in a 350 oven.
Step 1: What You Need to Cook Ham in the Crockpot
The following ingredients will make enough ham to serve 10-12 people.
- 8 pound ham
- 1 cup maple syrup
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
Step 2: How to Cook Ham in the Crockpot
Assembling the ingredients in the crockpot will take less than 5 minutes, including unwrapping the ham.
- Mix the syrup, sugar, mustard, and cloves together in the bottom of a crockpot.
- Place the ham in the glaze, cut side down.
- Cook on low for 8 hours.
Step 3: Crockpot Ham Variations
This crockpot ham recipe is very flexible; you can alter the ingredients to suit whaat you have on hand, or what your family likes.
- Combine 3 cups apple cider, 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon,1 tablespoon ground nutmeg, and 2 teaspoons ground ginger. Pour this over the ham that has already been placed in the glaze above.
- Make a paste of 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 tsp dry mustard, and 1/4 cup cola, and rub it all over a ham. Place the ham in a crockpot that has been sprayed with non stick spray.
- Cook the ham in a mixture of 2 cups apple juice, 1 cup brown sugar, 2 teaspoons mustard powder, 1 teaspoon ground cloves, and 2 cups of raisins.
