Traditionally, ham is rubbed with brown sugar and other sweet ingredients. I like my ham to taste like ham and I like my recipes to be simple. Here's an easy recipe that I'm sure your whole family will enjoy.

Not So Sweet Baked Ham

(15 pound) ham

chicken broth

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).


Arrange ham fat-side up in a large baking dish.


Bake in the preheated oven until heated through, about 90 minutes, basting every 20 to 30 minutes.


Discard broth before slicing and serving ham.


I love ham that tastes like HAM.   I would suggest using a Turkey sized oven bag to heat the ham - it really protects the meat and keeps it moist.

I loved this  ham recipe. I did use a  oven bag as suggested in another review. I made a big pot of beans with the ham bone and for once the beans didn't have a sweet taste to them. This will be the only way I bake a ham. Great job, simple is always better.

I find this to be a good recipe to build on. I  mixed the chicken broth with gravy, pepper and garlic and cooked at a lower temperature for a longer time and it came out great. Of all the food I made for Thanksgiving (not including dessert), this was the most popular.

This came out really good!!!  For so simple a recipe it had great ham flavor, everyone kept saying how juicy the ham was. I basted every 20 min or so with the juices as stated,covered in foil and let the game rest about 20 min before slicing. Not dry at all and I even cooked my ham a bit longer. I will definitely make this again.

Loved this. It allowed the smoke flavor in the ham stand out and was much better for left overs than a sweet baked ham. Did take longer than noted about an extra hour.

I'm trying to cut the sugar use in our home and this recipe was perfect for that. We enjoy ham but not all of the sugary sweetness of a glaze. I cooked a 9 lb. ham using chicken broth except I cooked it at 325 for 2 1/2 hours. The meat came out tender and delicious . I saved the juices in the refrigerator, scraped the fat off the top and will use the remaining juices, along with the bone, for a pot of soup. Thanks for a great and simple recipe!

I love this as my family also does not like sweet ham. I have made this many times and I add garlic cloves to the broth.

I used the slow cooker instead.  I put in the broth, then the ham.  I had to make a few adjustments, but it still worked fine.  My wife is diabetic, so we can't do the sugar thing

Fantastic! Used an oven baking bag. Baked for about 2 hours.

Made as is, just added some minced garlic to the broth and put a tent while cooking. Perfect.

I made the recipes and the flavor is wonderful without the sweet taste that i don't like in most if the recipes. Husband and sons loved it, I will do it again!

Good stuff.  I put some mustard seed and house seasoning on it and covered it with foil.  One of the best hams I've had.

This is the way my mother always made her ham and everyone raved about it.  She did bake it in a brown paper bag though to keep it moist.  Someone always asked her for her special recipe and they were surprised to find out that her special technique was just baking it in a bag with nothing else.

My daughter moved out recently and it's just me and my Sig-O at home. We both love this recipe and it allows for more creative use of leftovers. I made a cherry and crushed pineapple sauce on the side to be used optionally.

Absolutely delicious.  I did use an oven bag for moistness, as was mentioned in other reviews.  I also used boneless ham and it turned out perfect.  It will be my forever recipe for ham dinners.

This was a very good ham. I baked it in a roasting bag. We had an 8 lb ham. I used a full can of low sodium chicken broth . Cooked it at 325 for about 3 hours. It was perfect.

No changes   done exactly as written.  Came out just fine

Yummmmm this is the way to go with ham. Good ole ham flavor can’t wait to make ham/beans tomorrow.

Turned out perfectly! This is now my standby for ham.

Loved it! I did it in a turkey-sized oven roasting bag as others suggested.

This ham is delicious. I used the cooking bag and double the chicken broth.

It was delicious! This was the first time I didn’t have leftovers! This is my recipe from now on. I don’t like sweet meat.

This makes a very moist, delicious ham.  I did bake it in a cooking bag, so I didn't have to baste it.  Couldn't be easier.

Fantastic!!! So simple and so good!!! My husband doesn’t like the sweet glazes that most people use so I was looking for a recipe that brought out the great flavor of ham on its own. I made this for thanksgiving this year and the whole family loved it!! Will make ham like this from now on.

This is the way I love ham! I took advice from another and put it in an oven bag in the oven for 3 hours at 325 degrees with a 10 lb ham. Nice and juicy! Yumm! The way mom used to make it!!

I am definitely not a fan of sugary honey orangey glazed hams and if I can get ham from my deli sliced without the sugars, I am happy.  I added 1 large clove of garlic and I ended up with the best savory ham ever! Super simple.

To be honest I consider this more of a technique than a recipe, but I absolutely agree with it.  I find a lot of hams are drowning in either salt or sugar, and this strips most of those out.

I was looking for something simple that didn't mask the flavour of the ham and this is it! Very tender and moist. Thanks for sharing.

This is the perfect non-sweet ham.  Made it for my father-in-law, who doesn’t like sweet hams and he loved it!  Comes out tender and the few leftovers freeze and reheat just fine.

It doesn't get any easier than this! Simple and delicious! Thank you for sharing

OMG, Save the Broth!!!
You can make wonderful gravy (add enough water so it's not too salty) or save it and add it to your soup that you must make with the ham bone!

It was great, everyone loved it, you could really taste the ham.  The leftovers were also much better for sandwiches later.

Delicious and not sweet. I used a large oven bag to keep it simple. I had to cook it for just over 2 hours to fully cook.

This is one of the easiest recipes I have ever done. My wife does not like sweet ham. My wife loves this recipe. This is definitely a keeper.

not so sweet baked ham

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes

Total: 1 hours, 35 minutes

Servings: 1

Author : rachelbshepard

Ingredients

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