You Need to Try This Wonderful Brown Sugar Molasses Baked Ham Recipe (2024)

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How to make Smithfield brown sugar ham? ›

Recipe ⤵️ * Start with a @Smithfield Brand spiral ham and remove from the packaging * Season with your favorite bbq rub and then place it on the smoker at 350° * While your ham cooks, make your glaze my mixing 1 cup apple juice, 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup maple syrup * Place the glaze on the grill to warm up and then ...

Light or dark molasses work well for most baking projects, but seek out unsulphured molasses for the purest flavor. If you don't have molasses on hand, you can substitute an equal amount of pure maple syrup, agave nectar, date syrup, or a dark honey (like buckwheat) in the homemade brown sugar recipe above.

Uncooked and Bone-In Ham

A half ham weighing between five and eight pounds requires 35 to 40 minutes of roasting at 325°F per pound. For whole bone-in hams weighing 12 and 16 pounds, cook the ham at 325°F for 22 to 26 minutes per pound. The internal temperature should be 145°F.

One tablespoon of molasses per cup of granulated sugar will make something close to "light brown sugar." Add additional molasses a half-tablespoon at a time for a richer flavor and darker color closer to dark brown sugar.

Light brown sugar: Use 1 tablespoon molasses for every 1 cup sugar. Dark brown sugar: Use 2 tablespoons molasses for every 1 cup sugar.

Uncooked Hams require soaking before cooking since these hams are dry cured. The length of soaking time should be influenced by your taste for salt (longer soaking results in a milder ham) and the type of ham (Genuine Smithfield hams are cured longer than country hams and are more salty and dry by nature).

Oven Cooking

Preheat oven to 300˚F. Bake ham for approximately three hours or 20 minutes per pound. Using a meat thermometer, check for 163˚F internal temperature in the thickest part of ham. Remove ham and let cool to room temperature for one hour.

As a general guideline, a fully cooked Smithfield ham usually requires approximately 15-20 minutes of cooking time per pound when baked at 325°F (163°C). It is recommended to use a meat thermometer to ensure it reaches an internal temperature of 145°F (63°C) before consumption.

Molasses contains more nutrients than refined sugar. However, while molasses appears to be a slightly less harmful version of sugar, it can still have negative health effects. Anyone consuming molasses should do so in moderation, bearing in mind that a serving is 1 tbs, or 20 g.

Light molasses is the liquid that remains after the first white sugar is extracted from cane juice. The flavor is lighter and has more fruity notes to it, in the same way the first pressing of olives makes a lighter, fruitier olive oil. Light (sometimes called "fancy") molasses is ideal for baked goods and candies.

How to make molasses taste better? ›

Its flavor dominates if you don't use another ingredient to mask it. If you're using it in a savory dish, think about stacking flavors like chile, vinegar, and assertive spices into fatty meats. These will keep the robust molasses in check. If you're using it in a sweet dish, flavors like ginger will help to balance.

Ham is traditionally baked in the oven. Cook for approximately 15 to 20 minutes per pound at 300 F. No matter the size of the ham and the temperature of the oven, it should be cooked until the internal temperature reaches 140 F. Covering with foil throughout the cooking process keeps it moist.

If you don't cover your ham while cooking it will quickly dry out. Instead: Put some aluminum foil over your ham while it's cooking. It is recommended that the ham is covered for at least half of the cooking process and only removed during the last half when you glaze it.

Heat oven to 325°F. Remove all packaging materials. Place ham, cut/flat side down, on rack in shallow roasting pan; cover tightly with aluminum foil. Heat approximately 18 to 23 minutes per pound until heated through.

In fact, most brown sugar is a mixture of white sugar and molasses, which is a type of sugar-derived syrup. Molasses is responsible for its darker color and slightly increases its nutritional value.

To make your own light brown sugar, mix 1 cup, or 200 grams (g), of granulated white sugar with 1 tablespoon (tbsp.), or 15 milliliters (mL), of molasses. If you need dark brown sugar, increase the molasses to 2 tbsp. (30 mL). And just like that, you have brown sugar.

For light brown sugar: use ONE tablespoon molasses per ONE cup of granulated sugar. For dark brown sugar: use TWO tablespoons molasses per ONE cup of granulated sugar.