Ham Recipes for Holiday Dinner

I asked a few of my fellow food bloggers to share their easy ham recipes with great flavor the whole family will love. Here are Ham Recipes for Holiday Dinner, with great ideas for cooking a holiday ham, from a slow cooker ham to a classic ham with glaze. I am sure you will find one that will become your family favorite.

One of my favorite things about Christmas dinner, Thanksgiving, or Easter dinner is the holiday ham. Whether you serve a whole ham, a spiral sliced ham, a classic ham with glaze, or ham steaks, the ham is the main dish, the star of the show. Surrounded by shiny green beans, colorful sweet potatoes, and fluffy bright white dinner rolls, the ham is still the first bite you take. You can't go wrong with any of these beautiful hams!

Maple Glazed Spiral Ham

Maple glazed ham is always a welcome sight at a holiday dinner! This Maple Glazed Spiral Ham recipe rivals any store-bought glazed ham at a fraction of the price. Save yourself some money and make your own spiral ham at home!

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Air Fryer Christmas Ham

Let your air fryer do the heavy cooking this year with the perfect Christmas ham made easy. You can save maximum time on Christmas Eve by using an air fryer. An air fryer will cook the glazed ham in less than an hour. You will be able to enjoy more time with your family and friends on this grand eve!

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Bone in Instant Pot Ham

Make short work of bone in ham with this instant pot ham recipe. You can swap out the honey in the glaze for maple syrup for a more great holiday flavor. These bones would be the perfect start for a wonderful hearty ham and bean soup.

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Sweet Onion Glazed Ham

Sweet onion glaze takes this holiday ham recipe to the next level of goodness! This honey ham recipe is juicy, boasting all kinds of rich, wonderful flavors. The sweetness comes from brown sugar, Vidalia onions, and pineapple juice. The garlic, peppercorns, coriander, cinnamon, and bay leaves add more aromatic flavors to the ham.

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Maple Glazed Holiday Ham

This ham is perfect for the holidays with the decadent glaze this recipe offers. This delicious Maple Glazed Ham is the perfect recipe for a holiday dinner. Boneless sliced ham is baked with a maple and brown sugar glaze, that is fork-tender and deliciously caramelized. It’s the star of the table at Christmas and Easter or any time of year!

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Pineapple and Honey Glazed Ham

This pineapple and honey ham is sweet and a total dinnertime treat! This easy bone-in ham is perfect for serving at Easter, Thanksgiving or even Christmas. If you are into meal prepping, you can even cook this ham on the weekend and use any leftover meat for sandwiches, breakfast egg muffins, and more throughout the week.

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3 Ingredient Glazed Ham

You only need 3 ingredients to make this glazed ham that is sure to be delicious! This simple Homemade 3-Ingredient Ham Glaze Recipe is the absolute best and so easy to make! This mustard, brown sugar, and orange-juice ham is baked into the ham, then glazed on top, creating the juiciest, most delicious, slightly sweet ham.

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Marmalade Glazed Ham

Marmalade makes for such a good ham glaze! Try this recipe for something delightful this year. Buying a spiral-sliced ham makes this recipe easier than ever to make and serve. There's very little prep work involved! While your ham roasts in the oven, you'll prepare a simple, no-cook glaze. What a great time saver!

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Chipotle Maple Bourbon Ham

A maple glazed ham is always an extra special treat, whether it’s for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter dinner, or potlucks when you need to feed a crowd. But so many times, baked hams end up dry, tough, and chewy. That’s why I love making ham in the slow cooker.

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Bourbon Glazed Ham

Bourbon glazed ham makes for a perfect ham recipe for the holidays. Ham is a classic main course around the holidays and our family’s favorite. The best part, when cooking ham, is that the butcher does the hard part for you. Just make the delicious glaze and claim all the credit!

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Double Smoked Ham with Cherry Bourbon Glaze

This ham is double-smoked for an epic flavor that no one can resist! Double-smoked ham (or twice-smoked ham) is a great way to add wood-fire smoke flavor to your favorite cured ham. This Cherry Bourbon Glaze takes Smoked Ham to the next level giving it that extra wow factor! Find out how to make an incredible double-smoked ham and impress your guests for your next holiday season.

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Apple Cider Glazed Ham

Add apple cider to your ham glaze for a delicious twist that is perfectly tender. This recipe features delicious and simple glazed ham that uses apple cider and brown sugar to add some sweetness and spice to the ham! The perfect ham to serve for Easter or Christmas dinner or to use for ham sandwiches.

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Brown Sugar Pineapple Glazed Ham

This pineapple glazed ham is made with brown sugar for a new favorite way to make ham. Slow Cooker Ham simmers in a finger-licking brown sugar and pineapple glaze to delicious perfection. This Crock Pot Ham is made with only a few ingredients effortlessly!

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Pineapple Glazed Ham

You can’t go wrong with this classic spin on ham is always a holiday-perfect dish. This is the easiest glazed ham recipe – you only need a ham and a few simple ingredients for the glaze! Plus, the prep time is only 10 minutes so once it goes in the oven, you can focus on all of the delicious holiday side dishes to go with it!

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Keto Glazed Ham

This ham is sugar-free and totally keto for a guilt-free way to fill up! This keto ham recipe comes with three fantastic ways to make an easy-to-make homemade sweet glaze for any holiday meal. This fully cooked ham is covered with a sweet pineapple glaze that’s mouthwatering.

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After the holiday meal is over, the extra ham slices, chunks of ham, and even the ham bone are wrapped and refrigerated to be used in your favorite leftover ham recipes. From a simple, hearty soup like ham soup or bean soup with chicken broth, to a fancy Monte Cristo sandwich or chicken cordon bleu, leftover ham is a great addition to many post-holiday recipes. A favorite of mine is ham tetrazzini, a leftover ham casserole with a creamy sauce and Swiss cheese. It is one of those easy recipes, whether cooked in the oven or the slow cooker.

No discussion of leftover ham is complete without talking about ham sandwiches, a great way to use those leftovers. Pieces of spiral sliced ham makes perfect ham and cheese sliders. You know the ones you see online? A pan of Hawaiian rolls is split in half, filled with ham and cheese and butter is poured all over the top before baking in the oven. Yummy, and they feed a crowd. One of my Dad's favorite recipes is ham salad with mayonnaise and finely diced green onions and celery. He loved it spread on Ritz crackers.

From our table to yours, we hope you enjoy ham for the holidays!

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