Honey Baked Ham (2024)

FAQs

How much Honey Baked Ham do I need for 6 people? ›

The best rule of thumb for ham is to plan about 1/2 pound per person when picking a bone-in ham (it's heavier) and 1/3 pound if boneless.

Don't sweat it if you forgot to pull your holiday ham out of the freezer, or if it simply hasn't thawed as quick as you expected it to thaw. It's perfectly safe to cook a frozen ham. Just know that it takes about 50 percent longer to cook a fully-frozen ham.

How Long to Bake Honey Baked Ham? Following my honeybaked ham recipe, it will take you about 2 hours to bake your honey baked ham. Ham cooking time can vary based on the size, so you'll want to plan on 15 minutes of bake time per pound.

That means for a 10-person Easter dinner, you'll need a bone-in ham that weighs between 7.5-10 pounds or a 5-pound boneless ham. If you're serving country ham, though, you'll need way less of it. Although it is delicious, the saltiness will prevent people from heaping it on their plates.

Honey baked ham can be frozen, whether it's a spiral ham or actual honey baked ham deli slices.

If you happen to have ham leftovers, refrigerate the ham and eat the ham within five days. Keep a whole ham tightly wrapped or store slices in an airtight container. If after five days from purchase you still have leftovers, put them in the freezer where they can stay for up to six weeks.

Keep the Honey Baked Ham in its original foil wrapper or remove the wrapper and wrap with your own foil to keep it from drying out. Maintain the oven temperature at about 275°F to 300°F. A general time guide is to heat for 10 minutes for every pound of ham.

Cook all raw fresh ham and ready-to-eat ham to a minimum internal temperature of 145 °F (62.8 °C) as measured with a food thermometer before removing meat from the heat source. For safety and quality, allow meat to rest for at least three minutes before carving or consuming.

On average, serve ham portions at 250-300g per adult. So, if serving 8 adults, try to buy a Christmas ham that is at least 2.5kg.

How much Christmas ham do I need for 10 people? ›

What size Christmas ham do I need? As a general rule of thumb, you should plan for approximately 250g – 300g of ham per person. However, this doesn't take into account how hungry your guests are, whether or not your ham is the feature of the meal and how much leftovers you would like for the coming days.

whole turkey + boneless ham = 1/2 lb bone-in turkey/person + 1/4 lb boneless ham/person. boneless turkey + bone-in ham = 1/4 lb boneless turkey/person + 1/2 lb bone-in ham/person.