Homemade Spiced Christmas Jam
This homemade Christmas Jam is a cozy mix of strawberries, cranberries and warm holiday spices. It’s an easy canning recipe that makes a beautiful holiday gift and fills your kitchen with the best seasonal scent. Fresh or frozen fruit works, and the jam sets perfectly every time.
Servings: 8 half pint jars
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 cups cranberries chopped cranberries
- 32 ounces frozen strawberries measure when frozen, but then thaw to use
- 6 cups sugar
- 6 tablespoons pectin
- 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 teaspoon ground all spice
- 2 teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon butter
Instructions
- Chop cranberries and place into Dutch oven with thawed strawberries, spices and pectin.
- Start the water bath canner to get the water up to temperature.
- Prepare the jars, seals, bands and towel to process jars.
- Over medium heat, bring the cranberry mixture to a rolling boil, that you cannot stir down.
- Add the sugar and stir inwell and over medium heat, stir to keep from burning.
- Bringt he cranberry mixture up to a rolling boil that you cannot stir down and let it boil for 1 minute.
- Remove from heat and start to fill the jars with your jam.
- With a plastic ladle and funnel, fill the jars, leaving 1/4" headspace.
- Take a clean wet towel and clean the rim of the jars.
- Place the seal on the jar and hand tighten the band.
- Place the jar into a water bath and process the jars for 10 minutes. Let the jars sit for 5 minutes in the water before removing.
- Put the jars on a towel and cover with another towel and allow the jars to cool slowly.
- Be sure to date and label the jars.