Honey Baked Ham using a Slow Cooker (Copycat Recipe)

Copycat Honey Baked Ham using a Slow Cooker

Honey Baked Ham using a Slow Cooker (Copycat Recipe)

An incredibly tender, sweet ham that will impress everyone!

Course Main

Cuisine American

Keyword crockpot, ham

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 5 15

Servings

Calories 130kcal

Author Inspired by a recipe from The Chunky Chef

Equipment

Ingredients

8 pound bone-in spiral sliced half ham excess fat trimmed, if desired
2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
3 tablespoons honey
1 ½ cups sugar see my note
½ teaspoon seasoned salt
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon paprika
¼ tsp ground cloves you can omit the cloves and allspice, if desired.
pinch ground allspice

Instructions

Lightly spray your slow cooker with non-stick spray.
Place the ham into the slow cooker, cut-side down.
Combine the butter and honey then pour over the ham. Spread it out using your fingers, getting some of the mix between the ham slices.
Cover and cook on low for 5 hours. If the ham is too tall for your slow cooker, tightly cover with a piece of aluminum foil. Keep the lid (or foil) closed tightly for the entire cook time.
While the ham is cooking combine the remaining ingredients.
Carefully remove the ham to a foil-lined baking sheet. Carefully is the key word here. It's going to be heavy. I used a pair of oven gloves. They got a bit messy, but I didn't drop the ham or get burned! Reserve the juices in the bottom of the slow cooker.
Working in batches, sprinkle the ham with HALF of the sugar mixture and massage into the ham. The sugar will dissolve as you go. That's when you add more. I found it easier to turn the ham on its sides, adding sugar, massage, and turning the ham to get the next side until half of the sugar mixture is gone. It's ok if you don't use it all. Save it for glaze (below) or the next time you make a ham!
Preheat your broiler to high for a minute or two then place the ham under the broiler. Broil for a few minutes, checking every minute, until hot and lightly caramelized.
Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the remaining sugar mixture and 3 tablespoons of the juices in the bottom of your slow cooker. If you don't have 3 tablespoons (I had a lot more!) add water.
Bring the saucepan to a slight boil then remove from heat.
Pull the baking sheet from the oven and brush the ham all over with the glaze. Get it in the nooks and crannies. Load it up!
Return ham to broiler and broil another 2-4 minutes until golden brown and caramelized.
Remove and let cool slightly before cutting and serving.

Notes

There is a lot of sugar in this recipe. I found that I didn't really need all of it for my 8 pound ham. You may want to use it all if you like the ham sweet (they are normally sweet!). Personally, I found 1 cup to be enough. You be your own judge. I think the ham is fantastic with less!

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