Here’s an easy, tender Crock-Pot Ham—perfect for holidays or a no-stress family meal 🍖✨
Crock-Pot Ham
Ingredients
- 1 fully cooked bone-in or boneless ham (6–8 lb fits most slow cookers)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup honey or maple syrup
- ½ cup pineapple juice or apple juice
- 2 tbsp Dijon or yellow mustard
- Optional: pineapple slices, maraschino cherries, cloves
Instructions
- Prep the ham
- If needed, trim ham to fit slow cooker.
- Place ham flat-side down in the Crock-Pot.
- Make glaze
- In a bowl, mix brown sugar, honey (or maple syrup), juice, and mustard.
- Glaze
- Pour glaze over ham.
- Add pineapple slices/cherries if using.
- Cook
- Cover and cook on LOW 4–5 hours (preferred) or HIGH 2–3 hours.
- Baste once or twice if possible.
- Serve
- Let rest 10 minutes before slicing.
- Spoon extra glaze over slices.
Tips & Variations
- Spiral ham: Keep slices together by wrapping loosely in foil before placing in cooker.
- Cinnamon-clove flavor: Add ½ tsp cinnamon and a pinch of ground cloves.
- Brown sugar only: Skip honey and juice—ham will still be moist.
- Crispy edges: Broil slices with glaze for 2–3 minutes after cooking.
Storage
- Refrigerate leftovers up to 4 days.
- Great for sandwiches, omelets, soups, or casseroles.
If you want, I can also share a 3-ingredient Crock-Pot ham, cola ham, or pineapple-brown sugar glaze only recipe.
