Recipe For Cooking Baked Ham With Apricot Bourbon Glaze

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Baked Ham with Apricot Bourbon Glaze

1 (12 to 13 lb.) fully cooked, smoked ham
1 C. apricot jam
2 Tbsp. bourbon

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Place ham fat side up in shallow foil-lined roasting pan. Insert meat thermometer so that tip is in center of thickest part of meat and does not touch bone or rest in fat. Do not add water. Do not cover. Roast ham for approximately 3 hr. 15 min., allowing 10 to 15 min. per lb. Meat thermometer should read 130 degrees F.

Forty-five min. before end of baking time, remove ham from oven. Remove rind with sharp knife and kitchen shears. In sm. bowl, combine apricot preserves and bourbon. Set aside 2 Tbsp. glaze for garnish. Brush ham with apricot glaze; return to oven. Bake until done, brushing 3 to 4 times with glaze. When golden brown remove from oven and transfer to serving platter.