Baked Ham
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INGREDIENTS 1 (10-pound) ham
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup maple syrup
Whole cloves
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon dry mustard
3 tablespoons waterWash ham and cover with boiling water and let cook on top of the stove for about 4 hours. Let ham stand in liquid overnight.
Next day, remove the fatty rind, make gashes across the surface of the ham and stick in whole cloves. Make a paste of the sugar, flour, and mustard by adding the syrup and water. (Use water in which the ham was cooked, if available.) Spread over ham and place in roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 400 degrees, for about 45 minutes.
NOTE - This recipe calls for using an uncooked ham. Omit boiling the ham altogether if you are using a pre-cooked ham. Then continue with recipe as above.