Crock-Pot Ham (Easy Holiday Recipe Idea)

Easy Crock-Pot Ham

yield: 14 SERVINGS

prep time: 10 MINUTES

total time: 10 MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 8 lb. bone in spiral sliced ham, fully cooked
  • 1 cup orange marmalade
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground clove
  • 1/2 cup water

Directions

1

Place ham in a large 6 quart slow cooker.

2

Whisk together glaze ingredients in a saucepan on the stove and bring to simmer. Cook for a few minutes to thicken.

3

Pour glaze over ham, making sure to separate slices a little so it can go through ham.

4

Close lid and set on LOW for 4-5 hours. Baste ham a few times if possible.

5

Serve with glaze, if desired. Keep leftovers in covered container for up to 5 days in fridge.

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crock-pot ham recipe

Cooking a ham for the holidays?

Free up space in the oven and cook a spiral cut ham in your slow cooker this year! It will be the most tender ham EVER! Plus, this is a completely stress-free meal idea that’s perfect for entertaining.

Use the glaze packet that comes with your ham or make this EASY four ingredient orange and clove glaze that is DELICIOUS!

Hip Tip: Make sure your ham will fit the size of your slow cooker. I have an oval-shaped 6-quart slow cooker, and an 8-pound bone-in, spiral sliced ham fit well.

crock pot hame recipe ingredients on counter


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Easy Crock-Pot Ham

yield: 14 SERVINGS

prep time: 10 MINUTES

total time: 10 MINUTES

Skip the oven this year and make a juicy, delicious glazed ham right in your slow cooker!

Ingredients

  • 8 lb. bone in spiral sliced ham, fully cooked
  • 1 cup orange marmalade
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground clove
  • 1/2 cup water

Directions

1

Place ham in a large 6 quart slow cooker.

2

Whisk together glaze ingredients in a saucepan on the stove and bring to simmer. Cook for a few minutes to thicken.

3

Pour glaze over ham, making sure to separate slices a little so it can go through ham.

4

Close lid and set on LOW for 4-5 hours. Baste ham a few times if possible.

5

Serve with glaze, if desired. Keep leftovers in covered container for up to 5 days in fridge.

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ham in crock pot

Ham is one the easiest holiday meals to prepare, and making one in the slow cooker is convenient and YUMMY!

My favorite ham flavors are orange and clove and this recipe and cooking method resulted in a tender, juicy ham with lots of great citrus flavor. My family loved it, and the leftovers were just as delicious!

Feel free to improvise on the glaze to make your own version. For instance, my mom makes a version with a little defrosted orange juice concentrate and whole cloves pressed in the top of ham.glazed ham sitting on a tray


Make this classic rich and creamy Grape-Nuts pudding recipe!


About the writer:

Lina has a Bachelor's Degree from Northern Arizona University with 11 years of blogging and photography experience having work featured in Today.com, Martha Stewart, Country Living, Fox News, Buzzfeed, and HGTV.


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Comments 28

  1. Anna

    Thanks guys ima try this!!!

    • Lina D

      You’re welcome enjoy!

  2. babymair

    Thx Lina ,Ur recipes are so easy ,that even my two boys can help me in the kitchen.
    This will make the holidays a little less stressful. Keep up the good work .

    • Lina D

      Ah that’s so sweet ! My kids like to help also 👍🏻

  3. sann

    Do you ever put a whole turkey in the crockpot?

    • Lina D

      Yes I’ve done a turkey breast in my slow cooker – it’s yummy as well.

    • Ashley

      We actually did that this year. We stuffed the whole turkey inside the crockpot lol. It came out great.

    • Renee

      Yes, for 2 years! I put aluminum foil around the edges where there is a gap between the lid and pot. It took 8 hours for a 12 pound turkey to cook on low.

  4. Silversmiles

    Ill have to try this glaze. Usually I use pineapple and Cherries with a touch of Smoked paprika. But I think that the Orange and cloves will be a nice change.

    • Lina D

      Great! Enjoy 😋

  5. Mama

    Thanks, I did ours in the Crock-Pot and made a glaze with brown sugar and pineapple juice. I want to give yours a try, too….it looks really good.

  6. olgraygirl

    I can almost smell it–I’m all over this on Christmas Day, when we always have a spiral sliced ham. Thanks so much!!

    • Lina D

      You’re so welcome – enjoy!

  7. Seberina Thrush

    Would a non-spiral sliced ham work?

  8. Rhanda

    My daughter doesn’t like any glaze at all on the ham. Would it be okay to cook this without the glaze or would I need to add some sort of liquid?

    • Lana

      We do not like a sweet glaze either. Just heat it in the crockpot until it is hot through and it is ready to eat.

  9. JES

    Thank you. We have a family lake house and when we are all there, we have 12 people. We are always looking for things to cook in the crock pot, so we can spend more time outside and not heat the whole house by using to oven. And it can also be difficult to find something that one of the families has not eaten already that week. Never thought of using it to cook a ham. Thanks again, this will added to the rotation.

  10. Helen in Meridian

    In Sundays Pressure Cooking Today dot com, she lists how to use your Instant Pot pressure cooker to cook your spiral ham. Moisture stays in longer accordingly.

  11. Heidy

    It looks good and so easy to make thanks for sharing it

  12. LC

    Yum! I can’t wait to try this!

    • Lina D

      You’ll love it!!

  13. roz

    It looks really good! Thanks Lina. I will try this and feed my coworkers 🙂

    • Lina D (Hip2Save Sidekick)

      Oh that’s nice! Enjoy 👍

  14. Debby Stanford

    Last year our oven broke during Easter. We put our ham in the crockpot. Scalloped potatoes in another crockpot and it was the best easter meal ever! Doing again this year

    • Lina D (Hip2Save Sidekick)

      Oh awesome! Great idea!

    • Chelsey (Hip Sidekick)

      That’s such a great idea Debby! Way to save the day!

  15. Mary

    Thank you so much for this recipe!! I had apricot preserves so used that, a spiral cut smoked ham…out of this world!!!

    • Lina D (Hip2Save Sidekick)

      Oh good! Thanks for sharing ❤️

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