Yeah, along with Deb's recipe for Jack and Coke glaze, I would also like to get cavegal's Special Spinach casserole recipe.
IF I get blitzed enough on Christmas Eve I may try to combine the two.
Jack and Coke glaze....Bou - I don't measure, so you will kind of have to wing it.
In a saucepan....
1 regular size pop can of Coke
the glaze packet attached to the spiral ham ( I get mine at Sam's - got a 9+lb bone in today for $21.00)
about 3/4c. light brown sugar
couple of squirts of spicy mustard (I use Gulden's)
about 1/4c maple syrup (the real thing, not the Aunt Jemima, Log Cabin, Mrs Butterworths)
about 1/4c Jack Daniels
dash of ground clove
bring to a boil, making sure not to burn it! but you want the sugar crystals all dissolved.
I put the ham in one of those baking bags. I have one of those roasting ovens that will hold a whole turkey..I put the bagged ham in it, then pour the glaze over the whole thing, tie the bag, tight.
I bake it on 325 for about 40 minutes, then cut the heat back to 225, for about 3-4 hours. I leave it in the bag to sit overnight in the refridgerator. The ham just absorbs the juices into the slices. I take it out of fridge, leaving in the bag, about an hour or so before serving to get to room temperature.
This will not have the crusty glaze on it like a Honey Baked Ham, but it's pretty damn good!!
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I want the spinach casserole recipe too, please, cavegal.
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Euph, I've been doing most of this dinner for so many years, it's quite easy. I use to do 3 tenderloins and stuff one with 'shrooms, chopped green onion, and crumbled blue cheese.
But I never had any leftovers ...
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Oooooh, WS.....whatever will your wife and M say if we got together?
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I didn't try the brownie cupcakes, but M said they were awesome! They were ridiculously easy to make. Awesome and easy is always a good thing!
Made the turtles this morning. They were technically really easy, but such a pain in the tush!! There has to be an easier way to keep caramel more fluid then setting it over a pot of hot water.
A glob of melted milk chocolate (Ghriadelli milk choc chips), 3 pecan halves on top, glob of melted caramel ( Kraft caramels and a bit of whipping cream) cover with more melted milk chocolate. Oh. My. God. They are some seriously scrumptious little delights!!
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I used to make rolls from scratch on Christmas and Thanksgiving until I discovered Sister Schubert!! She has a new kind (to me) that are separately frozen and about 2 inch square. They bake in 5 minutes...and when I take them out, I brush them with melted butter. As my son says: "they are magical!"...
