Make One of These 4 Delicious Easter Ham Recipes From the Pioneer Woman & Guests Will Be Begging for the Recipe

Ham is an Easter staple, and there seem to be so many different ways you can prepare it. But for Ree Drummond (a.k.a. The Pioneer Woman), keeping preparation simple, easy, and pantry-friendly is the way to go. Drummond has a handful of ham recipes available on her website, and each one looks more delicious than the last. And the best part about all of them is that they’re so quick to get through that the hardest part is waiting for the ham to actually come out of the oven.

Here are a few of Drummond’s favorite go-to ham recipes that you can check out ahead of Easter Sunday. The flavors are delicious, the recipes are simple, and you’ll end up with a tasty main course every single time you make it.

Glazed Easter Ham

Ree’s classic Glazed Easter Ham recipe comes together with help from your favorite soda — seriously. Pick up a fully cooked bone-in ham from the grocery store and score the surface of it in a diamond pattern. Place a whole clove in the middle of each diamond and bake for however long your size of ham needs (two to three hours will likely be the case). While the ham is cooking, combine brown sugar, mustard, vinegar, and either Dr. Pepper or Coca-Cola in a small saucepan and heat until bubbly. Then lower the heat and allow the mixture to reduce. When your ham has reached the halfway point, brush the glaze on in 20-minute intervals until time is up. This will give you a delicious, moist, and flavor-packed ham (thanks, soda!).

Apricot and Mustard Glazed Ham

If you’re more into a tangy-sweet vibe, then Drummond’s Apricot and Mustard Glazed Ham will definitely do the trick. Start by scoring your ham and adding cloves before roasting the ham in the oven. But this time, in your small saucepan, combine apricot preserves, mustard, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, and ground ginger. This glaze gives you sweetness from the apricot preserves and brown sugar, and tang from the mustard and vinegar, all served on a salty and savory ham. It’s so good that you’ll hope there’s leftovers even though there probably won’t be!

Maple-Bourbon Glazed Ham

This ham glaze from Drummond is for bourbon lovers. The Maple-Bourbon Glazed Ham will give your final ham a rich, deep flavor accented with sweet maple syrup, yellow mustard, and orange zest. You prepare the ham and glaze the same as the above two recipes, and Drummond stresses the importance of buying a bone-in ham — “Bone-in hams have more flavor and a better texture than boneless ones. They also stay nice and moist in the oven (spiral-cut hams can dry out when baked),” she writes in the blog post above the recipe.

Slow Cooker Ham

You can also try cooking your ham in the slow cooker, according to this recipe from Drummond. Prepare your glaze of choice (Drummond opts for her go-to soda glaze), and while the glaze is reducing, pour the rest of the soda into a slow cooker. Stud your ham with cloves before adding it to the slow cooker. Brush the ham with about a quarter of the glaze, cover, and cook the ham for about 5 hours. Then, just before the ham is ready, reheat the glaze, remove the ham from the slow cooker, and brush it with the remaining glaze. This method may be even easier than roasting — no stress Easter for the win!

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