Oven Bag Baked Ham Recipes

BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place ham in a roasting pan, and press whole cloves into the top at 1 to 2 inch intervals. Pack the top with a layer of brown sugar. Pour enough water into the bottom of the roasting pan to come to a 1 inch depth. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil or a lid.
• Bake for 4 1/2 to 5 hours in the preheated oven (about 22 minutes per pound), or until the internal temperature of the ham has reached 160 degrees F (72 degrees C). Make sure the meat thermometer is not touching the bone. Let stand for about 20 minutes before carving.

OVEN BAG BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Rinse the ham then pat dry with paper toweling. Score the fat on the ham with a sharp knife. Press the cloves into the slits. Evenly pat the brown sugar on the fat side of the ham. Place the ham in a cooking bag, fat-side up, and place on a rack in a roasting pan. Drizzle the honey over the brown sugar coating. Add the cola to the bag (do not pour it over the ham). Seal the bag. Bake the ham for 20-25 minutes per pound at 350 degrees F. Remove the ham from the oven and carefully cut open the bag. Let the ham cool a bit then slice and serve, or let cool completely and then chill in the refrigerator.

STAY MOIST OVEN BAKED HAM IN A BAG

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Rub ham with brown sugar.
• Secure pineapple rings onto ham, fat side up, using toothpicks.
• Add 2 tbls flour to cooking bag, and shake it to coat.
• Place bag in roaster and place ham fat side up in the bag.
• Pour reserved pineapple juice gently over ham.
• Close bag with nylon tie included with bag.
• Cut six 1" slits in top of bag for steam escape.
• Place in oven, being careful not to let bag touch sides of oven.
• Bake 2 hours for an 8 lb ham.
• Cool before slicing to retain juices.

SUPER EASY BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and make sure the racks are all the way on the bottom so there is plenty of room for the ham.
• Bring ham in packaging to sink and have a pan big enough to hold it nearby. I find a 9"x13" baking pan works great. Make sure your pan is at least an inch deep.
• Take ham out of wrapper and rinse it with cool water if you think it feels icky. Then find the plastic doohickey on the large cut end and remove it. At this point you can trim off some of the fat if you would like. I usually don't, as most of it renders out into the pan or is very easy to cut around.
• Place ham in pan with large cut side down.
• Stab with the business end of a probe style thermometer. This is the kind which has a long metal skewer on one end (the business end), a long cable, and a box which has all the controls and readouts. Make sure the probe goes through a large area of meat, not fat, and doesn't hit one of the bones down the center of the ham. Set your thermometer to alert you when the ham reaches 140°F.
• When your oven has reached 350F, put the ham in (be careful, it's heavy).
• Wait until the thermometer alerts you. Then remove the ham from the oven (remember, it's heavy and now it's really hot, too). Remove the probe, and either start slicing or put on a pretty platter and let your family/guests ooh and ahh. :).
• NOTE: The skin gets very black and crispy. Do not panic, the meat is juicy, I promise. Simply cut the skin off where it is really crispy and get to the meat underneath.
• ALSO: If you do not have a probe style meat thermometer, or need an idea of timing for preparing the rest of your meal, an already cooked (city) ham will reheat to 140F in approximately 15 minutes per pound. So a 12 pound ham will take 3 hours. Ish.
• And FINALLY: I like to carve off the leftovers and separate into 1 pound amounts. I then put these into labeled quart sized freezer bags and freeze for casseroles, pasta, or beans another night. The bone can be put into a labeled gallon sized freezer bag, and then thawed for yummy beans another night.

GLAZED BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F. (135 degrees C).
• Remove any visible excess fat from ham. Place the ham in a large turkey roasting oven bag and place in a baking dish.
• Pour cola over ham, remove as much air as possible and seal bag.
• Prick a few holes in bag to let steam escape and bake for 4 to 5 hours. Pour off excess juice and slice.