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Baked Ham with Orange-Mustard-Pepper Glaze

Ingredients:

Fully cooked bone-in or boneless butt end ham, about 6 pounds

For Glaze:

1 cup orange marmalade 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon soy sauce teaspoon coarsely ground pepper

Directions:

Let ham stand at room temperature for about 1 hour before baking. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Unwrap ham and wipe surface with damp paper towel. Trim off extra-thick layers of fat. Score outside surface of ham in a diamond pattern, making crosscuts inch apart. Place ham in large roasting pan, rounded side up.

Bake for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, make glaze: In small bowl, stir together orange marmalade, mustard, soy sauce, and pepper. Remove ham from oven and spread half of the glaze over the surface of ham. Return to oven and bake, basting every 20 minutes with remaining glaze until it is used up. The ham will take about 12-15 minutes per pound and is done when an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 140 degrees, about 1 hour longer. Remove ham from oven and transfer to a warmed platter. Cover loosely with foil. Let stand for 20 minutes before carving. Slice and arrange on the platter to serve...