This delicious, festive Christmas jam is the perfect blend of holiday goodies and perfect for gift giving.
PREPRATION TIME:
Prep time: 20 MINUTES
Cook time: 20 MINUTES
Total time: 40 MINUTES
Ingredients
- 12 Oz Cranberries (fresh or frozen, thaw first if frozen)
- 1 Orange, peeled and sectioned
- 2 tsp Orange Zest, from the peel
- 16 Oz Fresh or FrozenStrawberries (thaw if you use frozen)
- 1/4 tsp Ground Cloves
- 1/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp Allspice
- 4 Cup Sugar, pure cane is best
- 1 – 1.75 Oz Package Powder Fruit Pectin
- 1/2 Cup Water
Instructions
- Wash jars, lids, and rings. Fill jars 2/3rds full of water and place in water-bath canner. Fill with water. Put canner on stove over medium-high heat to sterilize jars while you make the jam.
- Place lids in a small saucepan covered with water. Boil over medium-high heat while you make the jam. Set rings to the side, they don’t need sterilized.
- Place cranberries and sectioned orange into a blender. You just want them coarsely chopped. My blender has a food chop option, and I use that.
- Add in the strawberries, orange zest and spices. Stir a bit in the blender to make sure they get mixed a little. Blend until everything is chopped fine. You don’t want it pureed.
- Stir fruit mixture and water together in a 5 qt stock pot.
- Stir in fruit pectin and add your 1/2 teaspoon of butter (this reduces foaming).
- Bring the mixture to a rolling boil over high heat, stir constantly.
- Add sugar to the mixture. Return to full rolling boil. Boil exactly 1 minute.
- Remove from heat. Using a metal spoon, skim off any foam.
- Immediately ladle hot jam into prepared jars. Leaving 1/4″ headspace.
- Wipe rims and threads. Center lid. Place ring on just finger tight. Place jars back in canner.
- When all the jars are filled, fill canner with water until jars are covered with 2″.
- Cover canner. Bring to a boil. Process for 10 minutes.
- Turn off heat. Uncover canner. Allow jars to sit for 5 minutes.
- Remove jars to a towel-lined counter and leave undisturbed for 24 hours before checking seal.
- Check for proper seal. If any didn’t seal, place in the refrigerator and use within 2 weeks.
Nutrition Information:
YIELD:
96
SERVING SIZE:
1 Amount Per Serving:
CALORIES: 37, TOTAL FAT: 0g, SATURATED FAT: 0g, TRANS FAT: 0g, UNSATURATED FAT: 0g, CHOLESTEROL: 0mg, SODIUM: 1mg, CARBOHYDRATES: 10g, FIBER: 0g, SUGAR: 9g, PROTEIN: 0g
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