Apricot Glazed Baked Ham For Two - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (3 1/2 lb) smoked ham or (3 1/2 lb) honey-roasted ham, boneless
1 (20 ounce) can pineapple slices
1 cup apricot preserves
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
12 maraschino cherries
salt and pepper

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0F
Place ham on rack in open roasting pan, cut side facing down.
Insert meat thermometer in the thickest, center part of the ham.
Bake for about 2 hours.
Drain pineapple; reserve syrup.
In small saucepan, cook syrup, apricot preserves, dry mustard, allspice and nutmeg.
Bring to a boil and continue boiling for about 10 minutes.
Remove ham from oven and brush immediately with the glaze.
Use toothpicks to secure pineapples around the ham. Secure a cherry in the center of each pineapple.
Return ham to oven and bake 1 hour longer or until thermometer registers 160\u00b0F
Brush with glaze one last time about 10 minutes before done.