The Best Ham with Pineapple & Brown Sugar Recipe. Glaze made with brown sugar, mustard, pineapple juice and more! 
My holiday is incomplete if I don’t have a pineapple ham on the table! I seriously believe everyone should have at least one pineapple ham recipe in the recipe collection. So in this post, I’m going to share my ham with pineapple and brown sugar recipe!
The glaze for this ham has all of your favorite ingredients such as honey, pineapple juice, brown sugar, and even a combination of your delicious holiday spices.
I literally combined all of my ham recipes into one, and made the perfect homemade sauce/glaze. This ham with pineapple and brown sugar is now my go to ham recipe during the holidays… The best part? It’s so freaking easy to make. The hardest part ( which isn’t hard at all!) is decorating the ham with pineapples and cherries.
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Let me show you how I make this fabulous holiday ham!
Baked Ham with Pineapple and Brown Sugar Glaze
This holiday ham is a showstopper, glazed with sweet brown sugar and from the added sugars from the fruit. This ham is as good to eat as it is to look at. Try this recipe today!
Ingredients
- 8-10 lb smoked ham fully cooked
- 20 oz can of pineapple rings in pineapple juice( juice reserved)
- 6 oz jar of maraschino cherries juice reserved
- 1/3 cup pure honey
- 1/4 cup yellow mustard
- 1/4 cup brown sugar dark or light
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground clove
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- * Toothpicks
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 F.
- Make sure that the ham is completely thawed.
- Decorate the ham with pineapples & cherries, using the toothpicks to hold everything in place.
- In a large measuring cup, or medium sized bowl, combine the pineapple juice, cherry juice, brown sugar, mustard, honey, ginger, clove, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
- Stir everything, then sprinkle in the cornstarch.
- Whisk everything until lump free, then transfer the sauce/ glaze into a saucepan.
- Bring the sauce to a boil over medium high heat, and whisk.
- Let boil for about 3-5 minutes, then turn the heat off.
- Pour the glaze all over the ham.
- Bake the ham, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
- Remove the ham from the oven, and baste.
- Place back in the oven for 20-30 minutes (still uncovered).
- Remove from the oven, let sit for about 15 minutes.
- Serve & enjoy!
what if you use djion mustard?
That shouldn’t be a problem 🙂
Definitely will try this recipe! Looks amazing, thanks so much!
Thanks for coming by! XOXO
Thanks for adding another ham recipe. I tried the brown sugar one this Thanksgiving. While I found the glaze to be very flavorful, it didn’t really stay on and my pineapples and cherries fell off. This seems like it would fix all of that!
This is now the only recipe I will use for holiday hams. I usually don’t use recipes but this one sounded good so I stuck with it. Turned out excellent.
This is one delicious looking ham…..love all the combined flavors! Definitely making this recipe for New Years Eve! Pinned. Thanks for sharing. Have a good week. xoxo
Thanks Mary! You too!
Do you have any ham glaze recipes using pop?
No, I don’t. Sorry.
Does it have to be a fully cooked smoked ham? What if I have a ham that’s not cooked ,will I have to make any adjustments?
If its not fully cooked, you’ll have to cook it longer.
I have a family member that has a honey allergy. Is there a substitute that could be used?
You can use Maple syrup.
Hello,
I have a fully cooked ham. By the ham needing to be thawed, does that also mean the ham needs to be room temp before placing in the oven, or can the ham go directly in the oven cold? Thanks!
It can go in cold, but not frozen 🙂
Hello,
Can the ham be covered with foil or a roasting pan cover while cooking or does it need to be completely uncovered while cooking?
Thanks!
You can cover it if you’d like.
What if the game says on the packaging to cook for 15 minutes per pound, will this recipe still work?
It should! 🙂
I have never cooked a ham before, where would I buy a fully cooked ham for this recipe? Walmart? I live in NC so I have walmart, food lion, and Lowes foods where I am.
Yes, Walmart 🙂
I just used this recipe for my Christmas dinner. It turned out great! I added some Bourbon to the glaze mixture and it was awesome. I will definitely be using this again, it was a huge hit with my family!
Great website! The picture walk throughs and the video uploads make it very easy to follow along.
Thanks for trying!
This is the Best ham recipe ever!! I loooove it and my family can’t get enough. Thank you so much! I love all your recipes keep em coming!
Thanks for trying!
This ham is like what my mom made .It great . Thank you
I made your pineapple brown sugar hamand glaze it was declious.I got ham on sale at Kroger grocery store had Smithfield fully cooked hamfor ninety-nine cents a pound( $0.99) a pound Thursday before Easter. I got one that was 6.80 pounds.I had all the ingredients except the pineapple, cheery yellow mustard and pure honey. I had other ingredients in my cabinet the nugmet,clove, ginger , brown sugar, cinnamon because I used them in pass with your other recipes. When ever I follow your recipes it always come out great. You make cooking easy and simple. Your videos help me out .Thanks Rosie you made easter dinner 2018 great.I when Walmart the saturday before easter to get four missing ingredients which was pineapples, cherry,yellow mustard and pure honey.I got dole pineapple 20 oz can pineapple rings for $1.42,great value maschenio cherry for oneand fifty- three cents ($1.53) great value yellow mustard for thirty-four cents($0.34) cents and pure honey for two dollarsand ninety-eightcents($2.98).The sauceor glaze was easy. Thanks Rosie you made recipe simple and easy. I also made your soul food yams , your old fashion cornbread dressing with homemade onion gravy that use in recipe for Salisbury steak. The house smelled so good with aroma from the spices.
How well would this glaze and prep method work in a croc pot? Our oven will be very busy thanksgiving morning. Cooking this in a croc pot would be helpful.
You can make it in the crockpot.
Hi Rosie, I bought a ham that I have to cook before I saw your recipe. How long should I let my ham sit before using your recipe?
What do you mean by sit? 🙂
You never mention it, but the ham you show in your photographs seems to be a spiral cut ham. Other than the ham store, can you get a fully cooked ham from the supermarket that is spiral cut? It seems the spiral cut would be necessary to take in all of the wonderful juices and glaze.
It was a spiral.
Hello! I used this recipe yesterday for easter and it turned out great! I had never made ham before as I’m not a big fan but everyone really enjoyed. I used this glaze on a 6.9lb ham. I didn’t have any ground clove (or allspice for that matter) so I added a pinch more of cinnamon and nutmeg. My aunt insisted the bottom of my pan had to have liquid and I had a really large pan so I added a can of pepsi just so the bottom had (a sweet) liquid in it (I would have preferred more pineapple juice but didn’t have any juice of any sort on hand). Will reuse this thank you!!!!!!
I made this glaze for my ham and it was delicious!!!! I will definitely keep this one!!!
Ive been looking for this recipe forever. I dont like hams or turkeys, but this ome time around a lonely thanksgiving more about years ago I had this honey glazed ham from a store, It was the most beautiful thing ever and I nver found it again since. Till I came across this recipe and went with my gut out of all of them to try it, and this is that exact glaze. Ive been missing this honey glazed ham for 5 years. Thank you
I made this ham last Thanksgiving and it has been requested already this year as well. Great recipe. Thanks
Hello,
Will this work for a non spiral ham? How long should I cook it for if it is not spiralized?
ABSOLUTELY the BEST EVER!
If you do not make this recipe, you’ll be sorry – trust me. Listen to this….
Sadly, I’ve made two hams so far because I have friends who are able to visit other countries at different times. I’m hosting Christmas at my house early.
Long story short, I used COPYCAT HAMS, and another recipe from Helena, Montana. Both disgusting. My third guests are coming tomorrow and I made your ham recipe tonight and had a slice and it was ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! The FLAVOR put the other recipes to shame. Thank you for sharing. You are a superstar – however, my snobby so-called friends didn’t care for the ham on first recipe. My other friends, like me, down to earth, said it was good. But I’m hoping this is a hit as it is for ME!
Tonight it’s EXCELLENT because it turned out so damn – great!
I can’t believe it.
Thank you again for saving at least one day! 🙂
Steve – from Chicago
Thank you so MUCH – Steve from Chicago
Thanks so much for trying Steve!
I made this recipe years ago for my now husband. He deploys two days after Thanksgiving this year. He asked if I could possibly make that amazing ham I made for him so long ago on what will be a special Thanksgiving. I have no idea how I possibly found this recipe again. But I am SO excited I did. He’s so happy to have this as one of our last family meals together before he is gone for so long. Thank you for such a perfect recipe! It truly is the BEST!
This comment made me so happy! I’m glad that you were able to find my recipe again! XOXO
This made such a thick & beautiful glaze! I did use less cloves, ground. Added whole cloves between pineapple slices. And maybe a tad more sugar & cherry juice. Cooked on a rack, above, chicken stock & water bath. It is scrumptious! Thanks!
Girl I have used so many of your recipes and they never disappoint. This was no exception, made it on Thanksgiving and again for Christmas Eve. The whole fam loved it.
I followed American test kitchen recipe for Christmas but was disappointed. I made your recipe tonight and it was the BEST ever!! Thank you!! Every holiday ham in my family will be cooked this way. SO AWESOME!!!!!
Can I make this the night before, cover and store in the refrigerator overnight and serve at room temperature the next day? Thank you, Cynthia
Hi Cynthia! You sure can!
Thank you so much, Rosie!