Slow Cooker Spiral ham with pineapples & cherries. My all time favorite ham recipe made easy in the Crock-Pot!
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The holidays are creeping up, which means you all are gonna need an amazing ham recipe. Sure, I shared my baked glazed ham recipe last year, but this time I want to share a slow cooker ham recipe. This ham recipe will be extremely similar to my other ham, because we will be using pineapple, cherries, brown sugar & etc. However, there are less steps because we’re just gonna toss all the ingredients in the slow cooker.
How to Make Slow Cooker Spiral Ham for the Holidays
For this recipe I will use a spiral ham, but make no mistake – you can use any ham that you’d like to use, just make sure that it’s fully cooked!
Most hams come with a glaze mix. However I don’t use it, because I like to make my own glaze. My simple glaze for my slow cooker spiral ham consists of brown sugar, honey, mustard, and pineapple juice (or the syrup from the canned pineapples!). I simply combine the ingredients in a large bowl, then I mix everything until it’s well combined. The glaze is then poured over the ham along with pineapples and cherries. Then I cook the ham in my Crock-Pot on LOW for no longer than 3 hours. Anything longer than three hours WILL dry out the ham.
I usually buy a 8-10 pound spiral ham, and I use the slow cooker below.
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Here’s the recipe for this slow cooker spiral ham. Give it a try, and be sure to follow me on Facebook y’all!
Slow Cooker Spiral Ham
Ingredients
- 8-10 lb Spiral Ham
- 20 oz canned pineapple chunks in syrup
- 10 oz jar of maraschino cherries
- 1/4 cup yellow mustard
- 1/4 cup honey
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Place the spiral ham in slow cooker and spread the pieces apart.
- Next pour the syrup from the canned pineapples , and the juice from the cherries into a bowl, along with the brown sugar, honey, and mustard.
- Mix the ingredients until well combined.
- Toss the cherries & pineapple into the slow cooker (on top of the ham).
- Now pour the glaze over the ham.
- Set the slow cooker on LOW, and let cook for 2 1/2 - 3 hours.
- Serve & enjoy!
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Side dishes to serve with your slow cooker spiral ham:
Hi Rosie, In a few of the recipes, it seems as if the ingrdients are in a cooker bag inside the crock pot, is that true?
Hi Yvette! The bags used in the slow cooker are slow cooker liners.
Do you need liner or is it for easy clean up
It’s for easy clean up
Ham is a holiday tradition at my house and this recipe is the best I’ve ever had. It will be passed on for many generations. I’ll never try another recipe, no need,I found the best…
Thanks for trying Tracy!
I truly love this recipe! I just didn’t do the cherries. Love the taste of it! Thank you so much!
I love this ham it was a hit at the table
Thanks for trying!
Hi Rosie:
Thanks for sharing all of these wonderful crockpot recipes, they’ve given me an easier cooking option for dishes that I love. I tried this ham recipe today for my Easter meal, it’s delicious!
I just subscribed, I very impressed, thanks
Girl I can’t wait until Thanksgiving all of my food will be coming from your recipes, everything looks so tasty and delightful. I love to cook myself and some of your ingredients are similar to mines but I’m sure yours are better. I’m so excited!!!!! Thank you Thank you and Thank you again!
I can’t wait until Thanksgiving either!! Happy Holidays!!
Can you make this without the cherries? If so do you need to change the recipe at all?
Yes you can.
Can the same ingredients be used if I put the ham in the oven instead of the crock pot? My ham is too big for the crockpot. Or not sure if I can just cut up the ham and put it in the crock pot using the same glaze.
Absolutely! Happy holidays!
Does it matter whether you use light or dark brown sugar ??
You can use either 🙂
Hi Rosie, you don’t know it but you were at our Thanksgiving feast. We used all of your recipes for our meal. They all were a hit, but the ham was the guest of honor. Over the years we have had some dry hams. Not this year! It was so juicy and delicious. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes for non-cooks like me that can follow a recipe. My family thought I hired a chef, lol.
Hi Dana! Thanks so much for trying my recipes! XOXO
Hi Rosie…how about a chop suey recipe….oxtail soup. love all your recipes
Thank you for all of your recipes. I needed them for the Holidays.
I just wanted to stop by and say Thank you. I will never cook my ham in the oven again. The uam in the crockpot is juicier than the oven. I also use the recipe you have given on this page.
Definitely gonna try this
Hey cousin! I don’t have a crockpot so I’m wondering what would be the oven temp and time? And covered or uncovered? Thank you!
You can cook it in the oven on 325 F, for about and hour.
Can this recipe be made using a regular ham? (Not spiral) and just cook longer?
Hi Stephanie. Absolutely!
Can I prep this all in the crockpot the night prior? Or will it ruin the glaze?
For best results, for the step listed 🙂