Love blackberries? You will enjoy this blackberry jam recipe. It’s a small batch, meaning it makes half the jars of a normal recipe, allowing you to make a variety of other jam recipes to fill your pantry. We also make a pectin free blackberry jam. Can I Use Whole Fruit to Make Blackberry Jam? You […]
Homemade Christmas Jam Recipe
When you find fresh cranberries in the store, it’s your signal to make your Christmas Jam for the holidays. Giving homemade jam is a great gift to give during the holidays. There are many delicious homemade jam recipes to choose from, including cranberry jam with orange. You can start by using frozen fruit to make […]
Cranberry Jam with Orange
Cranberry Jam with Oranges When cranberries are in season, you can grab an extra bag and make delicious cranberry jam, sometimes called Christmas Jam. This jam recipe has orange peels in it, so it could be called a marmalade as well. You can definitely use this as your cranberry sauce for the holidays if desired. […]
Canning Pickled Watermelon Rinds
Making Pickled Watermelon Rinds When I pickled watermelon rinds, I was surprised at the flavor profile for them. You use red hot candies to make them and vinegar water with sugar. I was expecting a super sweet flavor, because it’s watermelon. This is an easy recipe that does not require a lot of ingredients. You […]
Candy Apple Jelly | Small Batch Canning
Homemade Candy Apple Jelly Candy Apple Jelly is very easy to make. You just need 4 ingredients and you are on your way to delicious jelly. A unique way to enjoy cinnamon toast with a hint of apple. What is Apple Jelly Made Of? It’s made from unsweetened apple juice. And the candy part is […]
Homemade Watermelon Jelly Recipe
Canning Watermelon Jelly Ever get a watermelon and have more than you can eat before it goes bad? We have a few recipes on what you can do with your ‘extra’ watermelon to enjoy it on your toast. You can even enjoy watermelon jelly on your ice cream, in cinnamon rolls (well, replace the cinnamon […]
Processing Chicken Stock In Instant Pot for Canning
Canning Chicken Stock Once you can your own chicken stock, you may never buy it from the store again. Canning chicken stock is a pretty easy thing to do after making a whole chicken dinner. If you have an Instant Pot, it will save you hours. Hours in processing! There are great flavors in chicken […]
How To Can Spiced Pickle Beets | Canning Beets
Canning Pickled Beets Canning pickled beets is similar to canning pickles (in my opinion). You make a brine that you put the beets in and can them. Do You Have to Boil Beets for Canning? Yes! You need to wash beets, remove the beet tops (and bottoms) before boiling them for 15-30 minutes, until tender. […]
Making Sweet Corn Cob Jelly Recipe
How To Make Corn Cob Jelly If you have ever canned sweet corn, you are left with all these corn cobs and they are liquid gold to make corn cob jelly. It’s very simple to pop them in the water and start the process to collect the water and begin making jelly. What Is Corn […]
Homemade Peach Preserves With Bourbon
Bourbon Peach Preserves Small batch canning is perfect to make peach preserves with bourbon. You can make a little of this preserve and enjoy this on your toast, on ice cream and even in a pastry for turnovers. This is a low sugar recipe for that we used with our FreshTek Jam and Jelly Maker, […]
