Basting Sauce for Ham
Nancy Quinnpage 62
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/3 Cups Brown Sugar
- 3 Tablespoons Cider or Wine Vinegar
- Ham Drippings
- 2 Tablespoons Dry Mustard
- 1/3 Cup Fine Bread Crumbs
- Whole Cloves
Instructions
Combine the brown sugar, dry mustard and bread crumbs. Moisten the mixture with the vinegar and the ham drippings. 1 hour before the ham is done, remove the rind and all but the collar around the shank bone. Put several slits in the ham and insert 1 whole clove in each. Put the basting sauce all over the ham. Continue baking at 325 degrees for 45 minutes. Increase the temperature to 425 degrees and bake an additional 15 minutes.