151 canning recipes

Rangpur lime marmalade preserves whole rangpur limes and lemons in a small-batch sugar syrup over two overnight rests, sealed in jars with paraffin. Old-fashioned canning recipe.

Apple maple jam captures fall in a jar with finely chopped apples, pure maple syrup, and warm spices. A small-batch canning recipe with cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves cooked to the jellying point.

Ginger peach jam: ripe summer peaches and crystallized ginger cooked into a glossy preserve with pectin. The classic peach jam with a warm, spicy backbone. Makes 8 jars.

Spiced cherry orange jam with sliced oranges, dark sweet cherries, and a warm cinnamon-clove-allspice infusion. A small-batch preserve for toast, cheese boards, and gift jars.

Blueberry sour cherry jam made with crushed ripe blueberries, pitted sour cherries, sugar, and powdered fruit pectin. A small-batch homemade jam for canning with deep purple-red color and bright fruit flavor.

Homemade peach preserves with three ingredients: ripe peaches, sugar, and water. No added pectin needed; the fruit's natural juices thicken into a glossy, spoonable preserve as the sugar concentrates.

Homemade taco sauce simmers fresh peeled tomatoes with green chilies, onion, cumin, and oregano for 90 minutes, then water-bath cans into shelf-stable pints. A pantry stocker that beats anything in a jar at the grocery store.

Strawberry liqueur jam made in the microwave with fresh strawberries, green apple for natural pectin, lime juice, and a splash of Grand Marnier or Cointreau. A small-batch jam ready in under an hour.

Low-sugar refrigerator strawberry jam sets in minutes with gelatin, not pectin. Just ⅓ cup sugar for 4 cups of berries. Bright, fresh-tasting fruit straight from the saucepan.

Mrs. Johnson's peach preserves boil ripe sliced peaches in clear sugar syrup with lemon extract for old-fashioned Texas-style preserves. Spoon over biscuits or warm over vanilla ice cream.

Blueberry jam infused with Sambuca licorice liqueur and lemon zest, sealed with whole coffee beans in each jar. Italian-inspired homemade preserves with a gentle anise note.

When you taste homemade marmalade once, you will never want any store-bought. Made marmalade today, and it was absolutely delicious; tasted fresh, slightly bitter and not super sweet, just the right balance of the fruits and sugar.

Red tomato preserves made the old-fashioned way: whole peeled tomatoes steeped overnight in sugar, then simmered with thinly sliced lemon until the syrup runs clear and thick. A vintage canning classic.

It's quite easy to make your own honey mustard instead of buying one from the store. By making your own you control the sodium level as store bought usually has a huge amount of added salt.

Homemade cherry and raspberry jam with citrus zest and a hint of almond extract. A no-pectin small-batch preserve that captures peak summer fruit in glossy, ruby-red jars.

Old-fashioned nectarine and raspberry preserves with whole fruit suspended in a glossy, lightly thickened syrup. No commercial pectin, just sugar, lemon, and time.