Maple Glazed Holiday Ham

Christmas just isn’t Christmas without a Holiday Ham. This recipe includes our Better Than Maple Maple syrup as well as a glaze that adds the perfect amount of sweetness to the  ham. This is the wonderful recipe for you and your family during the holidays!

Ingredients:
1 ( 12 to 14 pound) boneless or semiboneless fully cooked ham
3 tbsp butter, melted
2 tbsp thyme, chopped
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1/4 cup Xagave
1 20 oz can of unsweetened pineapple slices
2 tbsp Better Than Maple Maple Syrup (See Below)
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Steps:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack on the lower third.

Peel off and discard any rind or skin from ham, leaving 1/4 inch of fat on the ham. Score the fat on top of the ham in a crosshatch pattern without cutting into meat. Cover ham with parchment paper, then cover roasting pan with foil. Bake 1 3/4 hours.

In a blender, mix the melted butter, thyme, vinegar, Xagave, 1/4 cup of pineapple juice, Better Than Maple Maple Syrup, and Worchestershire sauce in a small saucepan, bring to a boil and reduce to a rolling simmer for about 20 minutes (reducing the glaze by about 1/3).

After the ham has baked about 1 3/4 hours, uncover the ham and baste with about 1/2 the glaze. Discard foil and parchment paper. If there is no liquid in roasting pan, add 1 cup of water to prevent glaze from burning).

Bake another hour, repeating the basting process each 30 minutes. Use 1/2 of the remaining glaze each time.
Remove and serve when ham is heated through. Decorate and garnish with pineapple slices.

Better Than Maple Maple Syrup
This low Glycemic Index maple syrup tastes even better than traditional maple syrup, hence the name.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 tsp natural maple flavoring or (3/4 tsp imitation maple)
1 18 oz bottle of Xagave (or 2 cups)

Steps:

Pour the maple flavoring in the bottle and let it naturally absorb by gently rocking the bottle. It takes a few minutes. Do not shake or it will foam and overflow.