Ingredients

• 1 , 8 1/2 pound
• 40 whole cloves
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 0.25 cups bourbon whiskey
• 1.5 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. 2 Remove skin and excess fat from ham, leaving a fat layer about 1/4-inch thick. Score ham in a diamond pattern with a sharp knife. Push cloves into the center of the scored diamond shapes. Place ham with cut side down into a roasting pan.
3. 3 Bake ham in the preheated oven until an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat, not touching bone, reads 125 degrees F (52 degrees C), about 2 hours.
4. 4 Combine brown sugar, whiskey, and black pepper in a bowl until glaze is smooth.
5. 5 Raise oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
6. 6 Baste ham with 1/3 the whiskey glaze. Return to oven and bake until internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F (60 degrees C), basting ham with whiskey glaze every 10 minutes. Cover ham loosely with a tent of aluminum foil if ham browns too quickly.
7. 7 Let ham rest for 15 minutes before carving.

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