Small Crock Pot Ham with Brown Sugar Honey Glaze

Name: Small Crock Pot Ham with Brown Sugar Honey Glaze
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 185 min
Ingredients: 2 pound boneless ham (quarter fully-cooked); 1-2 tablespoons honey; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard; 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon; 8 oz crushed pineapple

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This Small Crock Pot Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze recipe uses Pineapple, a precooked quarter or half ham, and pantry spices to make a perfect holiday ham for a small household or as a second main dish for large holiday feasts.

🐖Ingredients

Small ham—fully cooked boneless quarter or half ham
Honey
Brown sugar
Crushed pineapple
Pantry Ingredients—dry mustard, ground cloves, and cinnamon

Slices of ham with pineapple honey glaze.

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🐖Ingredients
👨‍🍳How to Cook Crock Pot Ham with Brown Sugar Honey Glaze
⏰How long to cook a small ham in a crock pot
⬆️Cooking a half ham—adjustments
🍴How much ham per person?
Other Ham and Holiday Meal Recipes
🍽️Serving glazed ham
Storing leftover ham
❓FAQs
📖 Recipe
Small Crock Pot Ham with Brown Sugar Honey Glaze

Featured comment from Lois:
"I just made this, and it was so good and juicy…loved the juice. Yum 😋 thanks for the recipe!"

I love this easy crock pot recipe that uses a small boneless ham, either a quarter (2-pound mini boneless ham) or half (about 4 pounds). The brown sugar and honey glaze combine with the pineapple to make juicy and tasty ham easily in a slow cooker.

We use this glazed ham for our "for two" household at Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter holidays or as a second main course for larger gatherings. And we don't have to eat ham for a week.

👨‍🍳How to Cook Crock Pot Ham with Brown Sugar Honey Glaze

Prep a small crock pot with a good coat of PAM cooking spray. Pour an 8 oz of crushed pineapple with the juices into the bottom of the crock pot. Most size crock pots will work as long as the ham fits without touching the sides or lid.

Brush a quarter boneless ham with a generous amount of honey, about 1-2 tablespoons.

coating the ham with the brown sugar mixture.

Mix ½ cup brown sugar with ¼ teaspoon of ground cloves, cinnamon, and dry mustard. Pack the brown sugar mixture on the ham.

placing the coated ham on the pineapple in the crock pot.

Move the ham cut side down to the crock pot on top of the pineapple. Pile any remaining brown sugar on top of the ham. Cook for approximately 2 hours on low.

basting the ham with the pineapple mixture.

Every hour while cooking, spoon some of the pineapple solution on top of the ham and check the temperature. Cook to an internal temp of 140°-150°. Your time may vary due to the difference in crock pots and the size and thickness of the ham.

slice of ham on a gray plate with pineapple.

Remove from crock pot and allow to sit for 5 minutes before slicing. Garnish with some of the pineapple solution.

For more details, keep reading. See the Recipe Card below for complete instructions and to print.

⏰How long to cook a small ham in a crock pot

A quarter ham (2 pounds) should take 2-3 hours on low in a crock pot. A half ham (about 4 pounds) will be approximately 3-4 hours on low. Cook until an internal temperature of 140°-150°.

Time will vary by the crock pot and the size/thickness of the ham.

⬆️Cooking a half ham—adjustments

You can cook a 4-pound half ham. If it fits in your crock pot, it will work.

Keep pineapple the same and up the other ingredients by about 50%. That should take about 3-4 hours.

🍴How much ham per person?

Plan ½ pound of boneless ham per person. For a bone-in ham, you should plan for ¾ to 1 pound of ham per person.

A quarter mini boneless ham is 2 to 2 ¼ pounds, which makes 4 good-sized servings just right for the "cooking for two" household with one meal of leftovers. A half ham will be 8 servings.

Other Ham and Holiday Meal Recipes

If you don't want leftovers, cook ham for one or two by cooking a ham steak in a skillet or grilling using How to Cook Ham Steak for an excellent glazed taste.

If you have leftovers, try Old Fashioned Scalloped Potatoes and Ham, Quick and Easy Broccoli Cheese Soup, or Plain Fried Rice.

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For other recipes for special meals, check out Cooking a Small Prime Rib Roast, How to Cook a Turkey Breast the Easy Way, and Turkey Tenderloin with Gravy. This recipe is featured in Thanksgiving Recipes, Christmas Recipes, and Easter Recipes roundups.

🍽️Serving glazed ham

Serve with side dishes of Cheesy Potato Casserole, Baked Parmesan Asparagus, Green Beans with Bacon, and 60-minute Dinner Rolls. Finish that special meal with Easy Old Fashioned Apple Crisp or Berry Crisp for Two or More.

Storing leftover ham

Store the ham and the pineapple with liquid in separate airtight containers. Good refrigerated for 4 days. Or store in the freezer for 2 months.

❓FAQs

What is boneless ham?

Boneless ham comes in two varieties. The first is pieces of ham pressed together. That is canned or deli ham. Not necessarily bad, but this is not what we are discussing.

The second type of boneless ham will be shaped like an oval and sealed in plastic. You can buy a whole, half, or quarter ham. So great for smaller households that don’t want to eat ham for a week.

They are actual ham with the bone cut out. They are already fully cooked and ready to eat. They come sliced and unsliced. They are brined and salted like bone-in hams, which makes them hard to get wrong.

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📖 Recipe

slices of ham with pineapple on white plater

Small Crock Pot Ham with Brown Sugar Honey Glaze

From Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

This Small Crock Pot Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze recipe uses Pineapple, a precooked quarter or half ham, and pantry spices to make a perfect holiday ham for a small household or as a second main dish for large holiday feasts.

5 from 4 votes

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Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 3

Total Time: 3 5

Servings #/Adjust if desired 4

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Instructions

Prep a small crock pot with a good coat of PAM cooking spray. Pour an 8 oz of crushed pineapple with the juices into the bottom of the crock pot. Most size crock pots will work as long as the ham fits without touching the sides or lid.
Brush a quarter boneless ham with a generous amount of honey, about 1-2 tablespoons.
Mix ½ cup brown sugar with ¼ teaspoon of ground cloves, cinnamon, and dry mustard. Pack the brown sugar mixture on the ham.
Move the ham cut side down to the crock pot on top of the pineapple. Pile any remaining brown sugar on top of the ham. Cook for approximately 2 hours on low.
Every hour while cooking, spoon some of the pineapple solution on top of the ham and check the temperature. Cook to an internal temp of 140°-150°. Your time may vary due to the difference in crock pots and the size and thickness of the ham.
Remove from crock pot and allow to sit for 5 minutes before slicing. Garnish with some of the pineapple solution.

Recipe Notes

Pro Tips:

Plan about ½ pound of boneless ham per person.
If you want a 4 pounds half ham, keep pineapple the same and up the other ingredients by about 50%. It should take about 4 hours to cook.
The crock pot I used was 3.5 quarts. This would be fine in a bigger pot. As long as the ham fits, you are fine.
You can cut the amount of pineapple in half, but it makes a great topping a the end.
Good refrigerated for 3-4 days. It should also freeze well for 2 months.

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Nutrition Estimate

Calories : 399 kcal (20%)Carbohydrates : 49 g (16%)Protein : 33 g (66%)Fat : 10 g (15%)Saturated Fat : 4 g (20%)Polyunsaturated Fat : 0.02 gMonounsaturated Fat : 0.01 gCholesterol : 121 mg (40%)Sodium : 2484 mg (104%)Potassium : 108 mg (3%)Fiber : 1 g (4%)Sugar : 47 g (52%)Vitamin C : 8.3 mg (10%)Calcium : 10 mg (1%)Iron : 1.8 mg (10%)

Serving size is my estimate of a normal size unless stated otherwise. The number of servings per recipe is stated above. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.

Course : American|crock pot|Holiday|Main Course

Cuisine : American

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