Holiday Dinner Planner
iPhone app

Easter Sunday is Sunday, March 28, 2027

Easter dinner timeline

A cooking schedule for an Easter ham dinner — ham, scalloped potatoes, asparagus, glazed carrots and rolls — or your own menu. Set the time you eat and every step lines up behind it.

For Easter dinner at 2:00 PM, preheat at 10:55 AM and put a 10 lb fully cooked ham in at 11:10 AM.

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Your Easter timeline

Dinner at 2:00 PM

Sunday, March 28, 2027 · 5 dishes · 1 oven, 4 burners

  • First step10:55 AM
  • Cooking day3 hr 5 min
  • Oven changes1
  • StatusEverything fits

Your oven and stovetop

Easter dinner timelineSunday, March 28, 2027 · Dinner at 2:00 PM
  1. 10:55 AM−3:05Preheat oven to 350°FAllow about 15 min
  2. 10:55 AM−3:05Prep Ham15 min hands-on
  3. 11:10 AM−2:50Ham into the oven2 hr 30 min · at 350°F
  4. 12:00 PM−2:00Prep Scalloped Potatoes25 min hands-on
  5. 12:25 PM−1:35Scalloped Potatoes into the oven1 hr 15 min · at 350°F
  6. 1:30 PM−0:30Prep Glazed Carrots10 min hands-on
  7. 1:40 PM−0:20Scalloped Potatoes out of the ovenRest 10 min, loosely covered
  8. 1:40 PM−0:20Ham out of the ovenRest 15 min, loosely covered
  9. 1:40 PM−0:20Raise oven to 375°FFrom 350°F · allow 5 min
  10. 1:40 PM−0:20Prep Dinner Rolls5 min hands-on
  11. 1:40 PM−0:20Start Glazed Carrots on the stove20 min
  12. 1:45 PM−0:15Prep Asparagus5 min hands-on
  13. 1:45 PM−0:15Dinner Rolls into the oven15 min · at 375°F
  14. 1:50 PM−0:10Scalloped Potatoes rested and readyKeep covered until dinner
  15. 1:50 PM−0:10Start Asparagus on the stove10 min
  16. 1:55 PM−0:05Ham rested — ready to carveKeep covered until dinner
  17. 2:00 PM0:00Dinner Rolls out of the ovenStraight to the table
  18. 2:00 PM0:00Asparagus off the heatStraight to the table
  19. 2:00 PM0:00Glazed Carrots off the heatStraight to the table
  20. 2:00 PM0:00Dinner is readyEverything should land together

Times are planning estimates. Check doneness with a food thermometer: 165°F (74°C) for turkey, chicken and stuffing.

Holiday Dinner Planner for iPhone

Easter lunch, without watching the clock.

The timeline above is yours to print. On the day, Holiday Dinner Planner for iPhone runs it for you.

  • A reminder for every step. Preheat, in, out, rest — each one arrives on time, even with the phone locked.
  • Cook Mode. The next step in huge type you can read across the kitchen. The screen stays awake.
  • Running late? It replans. Tell it the turkey needs 15 more minutes. Only the steps that depend on it move.
  • Next year is already done. Every dinner is saved. Use it again and the dishes, kitchen and guests come along.
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The app's timeline: turkey out of the oven, raise oven to 350°F, stuffing into the oven
Cook Mode: the next step, Prep Turkey, in large type with a 26-minute countdown and a Done button
Running Late: dinner is now projected for 9:25 PM, with options to move dinner or keep the time

Why an Easter ham dinner is a calm one

Most Easter menus share one oven temperature. The ham and scalloped potatoes both bake at 350°F, so they go in together and nothing waits for the oven to change. The potatoes need the longest after the ham — an hour and a quarter — so their prep starts at 12:00 PM, while the ham is already in.

Everything comes out at 1:40 PM. The ham rests 15 minutes, loosely covered, and the potatoes 10, which is exactly when the oven goes up to 375°F for the rolls. Asparagus and glazed carrots are quick stovetop jobs for the last twenty minutes, so the table fills in the final quarter hour.

Worked example

Easter ham dinner at 2:00 PM, one oven

Dinner
2:00 PM
First step
10:55 AM
Cooking day
3 hr 5 min
Oven changes
1
  1. 10:55 AM−3:05Preheat oven to 350°FAllow about 15 min
  2. 10:55 AM−3:05Prep Ham15 min hands-on
  3. 11:10 AM−2:50Ham into the oven2 hr 30 min · at 350°F
  4. 12:00 PM−2:00Prep Scalloped Potatoes25 min hands-on
  5. 12:25 PM−1:35Scalloped Potatoes into the oven1 hr 15 min · at 350°F
  6. 1:30 PM−0:30Prep Glazed Carrots10 min hands-on
  7. 1:40 PM−0:20Scalloped Potatoes out of the ovenRest 10 min, loosely covered
  8. 1:40 PM−0:20Ham out of the ovenRest 15 min, loosely covered
  9. 1:40 PM−0:20Raise oven to 375°FFrom 350°F · allow 5 min
  10. 1:40 PM−0:20Prep Dinner Rolls5 min hands-on
  11. 1:40 PM−0:20Start Glazed Carrots on the stove20 min
  12. 1:45 PM−0:15Prep Asparagus5 min hands-on
  13. 1:45 PM−0:15Dinner Rolls into the oven15 min · at 375°F
  14. 1:50 PM−0:10Scalloped Potatoes rested and readyKeep covered until dinner
  15. 1:50 PM−0:10Start Asparagus on the stove10 min
  16. 1:55 PM−0:05Ham rested — ready to carveKeep covered until dinner
  17. 2:00 PM0:00Dinner Rolls out of the ovenStraight to the table
  18. 2:00 PM0:00Asparagus off the heatStraight to the table
  19. 2:00 PM0:00Glazed Carrots off the heatStraight to the table
  20. 2:00 PM0:00Dinner is readyEverything should land together

Roast lamb instead of ham

Swap the ham for a roast lamb and the day gets shorter: the lamb roasts at the same 350°F for 1 hr 40 min and rests 20 minutes, so for a 2:00 PM dinner it goes in at 12:00 PM and the first step moves to 11:45 AM. Tap the ham in the planner and remove it, then add Roast Lamb from All dishes and menus.

Lamb roasts are safe at 145°F (63°C) with at least a 3-minute rest. The planner's times are estimates; check with a food thermometer.

Start times for other Easter dinner times

The Easter ham menu above, one oven, 10 lb fully cooked ham.
Dinner atFirst stepHam inHam out
12:00 PM8:55 AM9:10 AM11:40 AM
1:00 PM9:55 AM10:10 AM12:40 PM
2:00 PM10:55 AM11:10 AM1:40 PM
3:00 PM11:55 AM12:10 PM2:40 PM
5:00 PM1:55 PM2:10 PM4:40 PM

The ham time assumes a fully cooked ham at about 15 minutes per pound. A ham that isn't fully cooked takes longer — the ham cooking time calculator has the USDA times by ham type.

Questions people ask

What time should the ham go in for a 2 PM Easter dinner?

For a 10 lb fully cooked ham at 350°F with this menu in one oven, at about 11:10 AM, after preheating at 10:55 AM. Change the ham's weight in the planner to adjust it.

Can the scalloped potatoes bake with the ham?

Yes — both bake at 350°F, so they share the oven. The planner starts the potatoes about an hour and a half before dinner so both finish together.

What temperature should Easter ham reach?

Reheat a fully cooked ham packaged in a USDA-inspected plant to 140°F (60°C); other fully cooked hams to 165°F. Fresh or uncooked ham needs 145°F with a 3-minute rest.