Honey Baked Ham (Copycat)

About This Recipe
"Honey Baked Hams are basted in fruit juices and then glazed with a mixture of brown sugar and honey. Here is a copy cat recipe from Family Circle Magazine. Have to say, I love Honey Baked Hams. Makes 1 7 lb. ham."

Ingredients
0.5 (7 lb) spiral cut smoked ham ( about 7 lbs. fully cooked)
1/2 cup pear juice
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup honey

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Place ham, cut end down, in a large baking pan.
3. Mix pear nectar and orange juice in a bowl.
4. Bake ham for 15 minutes basting frequently with juices.
5. Mix brown sugar and honey together in a small bowl.
6. Brush mixture over ham and bake for another hour or until internal temperature reads 140°F.
7. Honey Baked Ham corporation uses a butane torch to caramelize the glaze to a crust.
8. The ham is placed on top of a huge metal drum covered with foil and caramelized.

http://www.food.com/recipe/honey-baked-ham-copycat-45896

In March 2014 SisteRSpeak.

Joyce Sharp's Christmas Cranberry Bread

4 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tbs. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
½ cup shortening
1 ½ cups orange juice
2 eggs
2 cups chopped frozen cranberries

Mix in large bowl by hand or can use a stand-up mixer: flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add shortening. Stir well. Add eggs and orange juice. Mix well. Add chopped cranberries. Mix slightly about 3 turns with the spoon or beaters. Don’t over mix or your batter will turn pink.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Add glaze if desired.

Included in the Stake RS newsletter, 12/2012. Joyce Sharp used to be in our ward.

Wassail

1 gallon apple juice or cider
1/2 gallon cranberry juice (can use orange juice)
4 whole cinnamon sticks
4-5 whole cloves
1 t allspice
1 C brown sugar

Heat and serve.

December 19, 2010

Festive Pineapple Cranberry Salad

1 20 oz can crushed pineapple, undrained
2 small pkg raspberry gelatin
1 can whole cranberry sauce
1 apple, chopped
2/3 c chopped walnuts (optional)

Drain pineapple, reserve juice. Add enough water to juice to measure 3 cups, pour into saucepan. Bring to boil, remove from heat. Add dry gelatin, stir 2 min. Stir in cranberry sauce. Pour into large bowl. Refrigerate 1 1/2 hours or until slightly thickened. Stir in pineapple, apple and walnuts. Chill 4 hours or until firm.

December 19, 2010

Make Ahead Garlic Mashed Potatoes

4 to 5 lbs potatoes
8 oz creamed cheese
1 C sour cream
Garlic powder to taste
Salt & pepper to taste

Cook potatoes. Mash with creamed cheese and sour cream. Add garlic powder, salt, and pepper to taste.

These can be made ahead of time and heated in oven, microwave or crock pot before serving. They will keep several days and unlike regular mashed potatoes, reheat beautifully.

August 16, 2009

Safe Turkey Stuffing

~Rather than stuffing a turkey you can bake stuffing in the oven or better yet, use your crock pot. Many food safety experts recommend this method anyway, since it can be difficult to make sure the stuffing is hot enough to kill the bacteria.

~You can put a halved onion and some celery inside the turkey to give the turkey the flavor of stuffing or you can mix some softened butter with herbs and rub it between the skin and flesh and over the skin before you star the roasting process.

~Make sure to check the cooking times. The roasting times for stuffed vs unstuffed turkeys are different.

Also on Helpful Hints blog.

November 15, 2009

Mustard Sauce for Ham

Mix together:
3/4 C sugar
3 T dry mustard
1/3-2/3 C white vinegar (You can do this to taste, but Cheryl usually uses an amount right in the middle.)
1/3 C water
1 pkg unflavored gelatin (Knox) mixed with 1 T cold water
4 beaten eggs

Heat over a double boiler and stir until creamy. Cool. Whip 1/2 C whipped cream, then fold into mustard mixture. Refrigerate the leftovers.

When it cools, this will thicken and almost gel up. When you are ready to use it, heat it in the microwave and it will be a pourable sauce.

March 28, 2010