Baked Pineapple Glazed Ham

I have always done a basic baked ham, this year I decided to dress it up with pineapple and cherries. This recipe also has a glaze of brown sugar, pineapple juice and lemon lime soda. Everyone loved it and it looked so pretty, so pretty we wanted to hurry and eat it so there are no after photos.

Baked Pineapple Glazed Ham
slightly adapted from allrecipes

1 (11 pound) bone-in ham
1/2 cup whole cloves
1 (20 ounce) can pineapple rings in heavy syrup
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 (12 fluid ounce) bottle lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage
1 (4 ounce) jar whole maraschino cherries

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C).

Place ham in a roasting pan. Score the rind of the ham with a diamond pattern. Press a clove into the center of each diamond. Drain the juice from the pineapple rings into a medium bowl, and stir in the brown sugar and lemon-lime soda. Coat the ham with this mixture. Arrange the pineapple rings over the outside of the ham. Place a maraschino cherry in the center of each pineapple ring, and secure both with a toothpick.

Bake covered with foil for 2 hours 45 minutes (about 15 mins/pd), basting frequently with the juices. Remove toothpicks and cloves before serving.


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Christmas Pretzel Candies

The easiest recipe of all. Perfect for parties and snacks. I made these for the 3rd grade class. My little boy helped me sort the M&Ms into colors, then helped me count them and bag them up in an A, B pattern. You can use any small shape pretzel and chocolates. For our Christmas treat plate, I'm going to use rolos and toasted pecans on the pretzels. A friend who made these said the peppermint kisses were also good, so I'll make some of those too.

Christmas Pretzel Candies
from family fun

Bite-size, waffle-shaped pretzels
Hershey's Hugs (fyi- 2 bags gave me 150 treats)
M&M's plain candy

Heat the oven to 170F. Set a number of bite-size, waffle-shaped pretzels (one for each treat) in a single layer on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, then top each pretzel with an unwrapped Hershey's Hug.
Bake for 4 to 6 minutes (white chocolate will melt more quickly), until the chocolates feel soft when touched with a wooden spoon. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and quickly press an M&M's candy into the center of each Kiss.
Allow the treats to cool for a few minutes, then place them in the refrigerator to set, about 10 minutes. (I kept mine in the garage where it's cold) Allow them to set completely before bagging up.

bagged up, ready for the class party

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Christmas Goodies Wrap Up

If you're looking for Christmas goodies to bake this week, I have a round up of past recipes here. There you'll find photos and links to Candy Cane Cookies, Mexican Wedding Cookies, Candy Cane Chocolate Crackle Cookies, Gingerbread Men Cookies, Cherry Blinks and Gingerbread Cake.

I also have these goodies I made last year:

Christmas Peanut Butter Balls



Christmas Crunch Bark



Cream Cheese Mints

Eggnog Quick Bread

Minty Hot Cocoa Cookies


I forgot all about this, Peanut Brittle



Also, Chocolate Truffles

New for this year, Christmas Pretzel Candies


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