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Slow Cooker Maple Brown Sugar Ham

An amazing ham made in a crock pot

Ingredients
  

  • 7-10 pound bone-in spiral sliced ham keep in mind size of your crockpot
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup water-Original recipe calls for 2 cups pineapple juice but I don't use it and it is amazing!
  • 2 Tbsp of deli brown mustard or dijon--I love the flavor this adds.

Instructions
 

  • Use a 6-7 quart crockpot. Unwrap ham, discard glaze packet, and place ham flat side down in slow cooker.
  • Rub brown sugar and mustard all over ham.Pour maple syrup over ham and pour water (or pineapple juice) in the bottom.
  • Cover tightly and cook on low 4-5 hours, basting once or twice during the last hour.
  • If desired, remove from crockpot and let rest for 10-20 min before serving (I often just serve it right out of the crockpot)
  • Reserve the juices to make gravy if you want

Notes

I have done a ham that is not spiral sliced before and it does work- you may have to increase the time to 6-8 hours to heat completely through
Adapted from A year of slow cooking