Guaranteed to add an exciting smell and taste throughout the house!

Ingredients:

• 2 cans root beer
• 4 tsp pepper jelly
• 4 tsp Tabasco sweet & spicy pepper sauce
• 6 whole cloves
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 1 bay leaf
• peel & juice of ½ orange
• peel of ½ lemon
• 1 10-12 pound cured, smoked ham
• ¼ cup dark brown sugar
• ½ tsp dry mustard

Instructions:

1. Combine first 8 ingredients in large saucepan; bring mixture to boil; then lower to simmer; cook about 30 minutes
2. strain mixture and reduce liquid to about ½ cup; refrigerate if using the next day
3. place ham on rack in disposable aluminum pan
4. make shallow cuts in crossing pattern on top & sides of ham
5. use just enough glazing sauce to completely cover the surface
6. combine brown sugar and mustard and pat all over ham
7. put ½ cup water into bottom of pan
8. bake ham at 350° for 3 ½ to 4 hours, or until it inserted thermometer reaches 160°. baste every 15 minutes adding more water as needed
9. remove from oven and allow 30 minutes before carving

Serves 8-10