Canning and Preserving recipe collection

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.

Broiled until popped, then macerated in sugar and brandy. Works as a cranberry sauce with a bit of kick for meats and also as a topping for pancakes or waffles.

This is the epitome of sweet and savory goodness. Put it on burgers, steaks, chops, crackers, or old tennis shoes. Yes, it's that good.

Why bother going to the grocery store when you can make a tasty jam that is perfect for breakfast!

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.

Cherry jam simmers pitted sweet cherries with sugar into a thick, glossy preserve in just two ingredients. A classic small-batch summer canning project, no commercial pectin needed.

Cherry pineapple jam combines pitted sweet cherries and crushed pineapple in an old-fashioned sun-finished preserve. Just three ingredients, no pectin needed.

Cooked strawberry jam recipe uses fresh berries, dry pectin, lemon juice, and sugar for shelf-stable jars. Classic 4-minute rolling boil method, no fail.

Cooked strawberry jam set with Certo liquid pectin and a hard one-minute boil. The classic no-fail method for a bright, spreadable preserve that gels every time, sealed in sterilized jars.

This is an all-purpose filling that can be used for cookies, bars, etc. I use it most often to fill hamantaschen. Extremely simple and delicious.

Put some fruit into your mornings with this jam that is scrumptious on toast.

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.

Domatoules Glyko (Spicy Cherry Tomato Preserves) recipe

Three-ingredient seedless blackberry preserves with equal parts berries and sugar plus a splash of lemon juice. Old-school maceration method gives deep berry flavor without added pectin.

Traditional English orange marmalade with oranges, grapefruit, and lemon. Bittersweet citrus preserve, perfect on toast or scones. Three-citrus old-world recipe.

Rhubarb banana jam made with just 3 ingredients and no pectin. Tart spring rhubarb meets ripe banana for a thick, tropical-leaning preserve perfect for toast or scones.