Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook (72 page)

Manheim, PA

Vicki Dinkel

Sharon Springs, KS

Janet Roggie

Lowville, NY

Makes 8 servings

Prep. Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 7 hours

Ideal slow cooker size: 5-qt.

½ cup water

3-4-lb. precooked ham

liquid smoke

1. Pour water into slow cooker.

2. Sprinkle ham with liquid smoke. Wrap in foil. Place in slow cooker.

3. Cover. Cook on High 1 hour, and then on Low 6 hours.

4. Cut into thick chunks or ½”-thick slices and serve.

Easy and Elegant Ham

Lorraine Pflederer

Goshen, IN

Makes 18-20 servings

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 6-7 hours

Standing Time: 10-15 minutes

Ideal slow cooker size: 5-qt.

2 20-oz. cans sliced pineapple,
divided

1 fully cooked boneless ham (about 6 lbs.), halved

6-oz. jar cherries, well drained

12-oz. jar orange marmalade

1. Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Set juice aside.

2. Place half of pineapple in ungreased slow cooker.

3. Top with ham. Add cherries, remaining pineapple, and reserved juice.

4. Spoon marmalade over ham.

5. Cover. Cook on Low 6-7 hours or until heated through. Remove to serving platter and let stand for 10-15 minutes before slicing.

6. Serve pineapple and cherries over sliced ham.

We ask the youngest child present on Christmas Eve to place baby Jesus in the crib or nativity as we all sing “Away in a Manger” and other Christmas carols.

Donna Treloar, Muncie, IN

Honey-Dijon Holiday Ham

Robin Schrock

Millersburg, OH

Makes 10 servings

Prep. Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 8 hours

Ideal slow cooker size: 6-qt.

5-lb. bone-in fully cooked smoked ham

⅓ cup apple juice

¼ cup packed brown sugar

1 Tbsp. honey

1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard

1. Place ham in slow cooker.

2. In a small bowl, mix juice, brown sugar, honey, and mustard together. Spread over ham.

3. Cover. Cook on Low 8 hours or until ham is hot through.

4. Slice ham and serve.

5. Pass sauce to top ham slices.

Glazed Ham in a Bag

Eleanor J. Ferreira

North Chelmsford, MA

Makes 12 servings

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 6-8 hours

Ideal slow cooker size: 6-qt.

5-lb. cooked ham

3 Tbsp. orange juice

1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard

1. Rinse meat.

2. Combine orange juice and mustard. Spread over ham.

3. Place in cooking bag. Seal bag with twist tie. Poke 4 holes in top of bag. Place in slow cooker.

4. Cover. Cook on Low 6-8 hours.

5. To serve, remove ham from bag, reserving juices. Slice ham and spoon juices over.

Tip:

Serve additional juice with ham in small pitcher.

Raspberry-Glazed Ham

Gloria Frey

Lebanon, PA

Makes 16-20 servings

Prep Time: 10-15 minutes

Cooking Time: 4 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 6-qt.

8-10-lb. boneless ham, fully cooked

¼ cup apple juice

2 Tbsp. lemon juice

2 tsp. cornstarch

⅓ cup seedless raspberry jam,
divided

1 Tbsp. butter

1. Place ham in slow cooker. Cover. Cook on Low 2 hours.

2. While ham is cooking, blend apple juice, lemon juice, and cornstarch together in saucepan.

3. Stir in about half of jam after liquid is well blended.

4. Cook and stir until hot and bubbly. Add butter. Stir in remaining jam.

5. Spoon glaze over ham after it has cooked 2 hours.

6. Cover. Cook 2 more hours on Low.

7. Slice ham and serve.

Tip:

If you wish, double the amount of glaze. Place half in a serving bowl. Pass alongside ham slices so individuals can add more glaze to the meat if they wish.

Ham with Pineapple Sauce

Kayla Snyder

North East, PA

Makes 14-16 servings

Prep. Time: 20-30 minutes

Cooking Time: 3 hours

Ideal slow cooker size: 5-qt.

20-oz. can crushed pineapple, undrained

1 tsp. vinegar

1 Tbsp. lemon juice

½ tsp. salt

2 cups brown sugar

¾ tsp. dry mustard

4 Tbsp. flour

7-8-lb. ham, precooked and sliced in ¼”-thick slices

1. Mix together pineapple, vinegar, lemon juice, salt, brown sugar, mustard, and flour in a saucepan. Bring to boil. Cook, stirring frequently until slightly thickened.

2. Layer several slices of ham into slow cooker. Ladle some of sauce over top of each slice. Continue layering until all ham and sauce are stacked in slow cooker.

3. Cover. Cook on High 3 hours, or until heated through.

Note:

We served this recipe at our wedding, so it is especially special to us.