Beautiful way to make and present Baked Ham

Now I got this from the television show "The Chew", and had to give it a try.

CHEW recipe called for a whole boneless precooked ham. I think I made a mistake in that because I was not cooking for a large group and did not want to spend a lot, I purchased a half of a precooked ham.  I think that the side exposed by where it was sliced, created more liquid that a whole ham would have.

So here is the idea, you are going to bake ( heat) a ham inside a bread crust.

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You are going to need
4    hours before you plan on eating
1    boneless precooked ham
1    jar pepper jelly
1   egg
at lease enough dough for two loafs of bread

Rimmed sheet pan, parchment paper, aluminum foil

An electric knife makes slicing this for serving, much easier.

It is important to this process that you allow your ham to come to room temperature before starting. Because the ham is precooked your are just wanting to warm it and awaken all that flavor. If you start with a cold ham, your bread will be  well past done before the ham is thoroughly heated , So ham comes out of the fridge at least one hour prior.

A confession:  I purchased frozen bread dough. (this will need to thaw in the refrigerator  12 to 24 hours before you plan to start).  (about 16 hours for mine).  If you are making your own bread dough you can probably do that while your ham is coming to room temp.

Putting this together;
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
Cover your baking dish with parchment paper.  Makes cleanup nicer as well as help moving the ham to the cutting board.
In a small bowl beat egg with a splash of water , set aside
Score the top side of your ham with a sharp knife ,
Dough should be in one peace so if using two thawed loafs, take a moment to kneed the loaves together.  Roll the dough into an oval shape , with the dough about 1/4 inch thick.
Liquefy your Pepper Jelly to make it easier to spread about.
Transfer dough to parchment paper
Spread a generous amount of pepper jelly in middle of dough (roughly the size of the ham)
Place ham on the dough
Cover top of ham in pepper jelly.
Now draw dough up over the ham, covering it fully, sealing over lapping edges with water and pinching together as needed.
Using a pastry brush cover dough with egg , coating it completely
Ham now goes into the oven .  You are going to bake this for one and a half hours.  And as we all know bread normally does not cook this long.  So, one you must understand that you are using the dough as a baking shell ( that will assist in the cooking, smell great, and will turn out to be a loved part of the meal. Your primary objective is NOT baking bread. That being said, about 30 minutes into the baking, check the bread, if it is browning too quickly, tent the ham with aluminum foil to retard browning,
Now allow the ham to rest for an hour to hour and a half.  So as you can see this would make a main dish that would easily transport to that party you need to attend.

So.
Using half a ham, I reduced cook time to one hour.
I also reduced oven temp to 325 when I tented the ham.  It did not harm anything, but I should have left it alone.  But I was mentally trying to bake bread, not cook a ham.
Changes I aim to try
My daughter Laura and I both think a rye bread dough would be a nice alternative.
I am thinking a mustard or honey mustard instead of the pepper jelly especially with the rye bread.