Grandma's Ham

3 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 4 hr 30 min
Ready In: 4 hr 40 min

“This is an easy delicious ham that my grandma has made every year for Christmas, I got to make it for the first time last year for my family and it is always wonderful and beautiful.” - by Fawn

Ingredients

1 (12 pound) whole ham
1 liter ginger ale (such as Vernors®)
1 cup brown sugar
1 (8 ounce) can pineapple slices, drained, reserve juice
toothpicks
1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries

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Original recipe yields 18 servings

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Place ham in a roasting pan.
Pour ginger ale into the roasting pan. Rub brown sugar over the ham. Attach pineapple slices to outside of ham with toothpicks. Secure a cherry into the middle of each pineapple slice again using toothpicks. Pour reserved pineapple juice into pan with ginger ale. Tent aluminum foil over the ham.
Bake ham in preheated oven for 4 hours. Remove aluminum foil and continue baking another 30 minutes.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (18 total)

Calories
663 cal
33%

Fat
40.1 g
62%

Carbs
21 g
7%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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sassyoldlady

Apr. 7, 2013

"This is the way I have baked ham for the last 35 years. Always tasty! I have gotten lazy over the years and just chuck a couple of 20 oz cans of chunk pineapple in the bottom along with the Vernors (g..." See moreot to be Vernors!) and the brown sugar and left off the cherries. Still good! I only baked it for 3 hours, turned out fine. Thanks for the recipe!"

KtShine

Jan. 22, 2013

"I couldn't get a hold of MY Grandmother to get her ham recipe (which is VERY similar to this one) so I decided to make YOUR Grandmother's recipe instead. Easy and delicious! Thanks!..." See more"

misty

Dec. 25, 2012

"Our family has made ham like this for as long as I can remember. I use less brown sugar than called for and baste several times during baking. It tastes as good as it smells while baking. Served wit..." See moreh Pineapple Bake from this site. Thanks for posting, Dawn"

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