A touch of Bourbon and a touch of Creole is what you’ll find in this delicious main course.

A touch of Bourbon and a touch of Creole is what you’ll find in this delicious main course. A hearty and flavorful centerpiece for Easter dinner, My Recipe’s Honey Bourbon Glazed Ham will wow your guests.

If you’ve lived in the South for any length of time, you know that we take our holidays seriously. We take our holiday dinner menus even more seriously. We want our holiday dinners to have aesthetic appeal, be full of flavor and provide the ability to create long-lasting memories. Here is the best traditional Easter dinner recipe from the Southern culinary repertoire of the internet for you to try this year.

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°. Remove skin from ham, and trim fat to 1/4-inch thickness. Make shallow cuts in fat 1 inch apart in a diamond pattern; insert cloves in centers of diamonds. Place ham in an aluminum foil-lined 13- x 9-inch pan.
Step 2

Stir together brown sugar and next 4 ingredients; spoon over ham.
Step 3

Bake at 350° on lowest oven rack 2 hours and 30 minutes, basting with pan juices every 30 minutes. Shield ham with foil after 1 hour to prevent excessive browning. Remove ham from oven, and let stand 30 minutes.
Step 4

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Step 5

Honey-Bourbon Boneless Glazed Ham: Substitute 1 (4-lb.) smoked, fully cooked boneless ham for bone-in. Reduce cloves to 3 (do not insert into ham). Stir together brown sugar mixture as directed in Step 2; stir in cloves. Place ham in a foil-lined 13- x 9-inch pan. Pour sauce over ham. Bake as directed, reducing bake time to 1 hour and basting every 30 minutes. Makes 10 servings. Hands-on time: 10 min.; Total time: 1 hr., 10 min.