Cooking Ham In Crock Pot
This crock pot ham is a spiral cut ham topped with a 3 ingredient glaze then slow cooked to perfection.
Cooking ham in crock pot. This is the best way to make your holiday ham the slow cooker does all of the work. Aside from all the hours invested in the process it couldn t be much easier. Since most hams are precooked you re really heating rather than cooking. As i was planning my menu and setting up my game plan miss read more.
If you have a smaller 2 4 lb ham aim for around 2 hours of cooking time. Glazed with brown sugar and jelly the slow cooker does all of the work leaving precious oven space for scalloped potatoes. Cook and baste the ham. Serve with the thickened glaze.
You can also flip the ham halfway through cooking if desired. Replace the lid on the crock pot and cook on low for 3 4 hours. Every hour or as you remember baste the ham with the glaze. Crock pots tend to keep moisture in a lot better than ovens so cooking ham in a crockpot has a lot of advantages especially for first time ham bakers or those who are just simply looking for an easy way to bake ham.
Cover and cook on the low setting for 4 to 5 hours. If you ve got the time crock pot ham is worth the wait it s also going to be the name of my future jug band. Slow cookers are just perfect for those who find themselves wondering how to bake a ham. First cut the ham in half and put it in your 5 qt.
How to heat a ham in a slow cooker. Heating up a ham in a crock pot could not be simpler. Crock pot ham is the perfect holiday ham recipe. I m always looking for ways to make holiday entertaining easier and this crock pot ham is about as simple as it gets.
A great way to cook ham. I will definitely use this one again especially at holidays when you need the oven for something else. That s for an 8 10 pound ham. The ham is ready when it reaches an internal temperature of 140 f.
How to cook ham. Recently my friends over at indiana s family of farmers challenged me to cook as many meals as i could for 50. My ham didn t quite fit in the crock pot to i tightly covered the top of the crockpot with aluminum foil and rested the lid on top and it cooked just fine. Bone in hams will take 5 6 hours to fully heat up.
It was super moist and had a lovely sweet flavor. This three ingredient easy crock pot ham will have you enjoying all your favorite ham dish recipes in no time flat. I had about 7 lbs of my 10lb ham in the crock pot and i cooked mine for 4 hours.