Never baked a ham? This recipe will make you a convert—our recipe tester's kids loved it. Use the leftovers for lunch boxes.

Prep Time: 5 minutes, cook time: 60-75 minutes, servings: 12

Ingredients

1/2 cup mild honey, such as clover or orange blossom

1 1/2 tablespoons Toasted Spice Rub 

1    fully cooked spiral-sliced boneless ham, about 4 pounds

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325F. In a small bowl, stir together honey and Toasted Spice Rub. 

2. With a sharp knife, make slits in the ham perpendicular to the spiral slices, 1/2 inch deep and 1/2 inch apart.

3. Place ham in a rimmed pan and evenly spread glaze over it. Bake, basting every 15 minutes with pan juices, until warmed through, about an hour. A meat thermometer will register 120F. 

4. Remove ham from oven and let it rest for 10 minutes before slicing. Arrange slices on a platter and drizzle with pan juices. Serve with Honey-Roasted Applesauce.

California native Michael Chiarello is a chef (he founded the acclaimed Tra Vigne restaurant in California's wine country) and TV host who cooks with a very important audience in mind: his four kids. In At Home with Michael Chiarello,he takes an appealingly casual approach to gourmet cooking. Watch him on the Food Network's Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello and on the Fine Living Network's NapaStyle. For more recipes, go to www.napastyle.com.

Excerpted from: At Home with Michael Chiarello, published by Chronicle Books