Strawberry Freezer Jam

I’m linking up with Alli-N-Son for sweet tooth friday

I think I have said before that I am new-ish to making jellies and jams. I’ve made pickled items before, but not many sweet things.

I had the opportunity to host a canning party through House Party. I was sent a huge box of canning items, a few jars, coupons and recipe books.

We made strawberry freezer jam. Freezer jam is pretty darn easy. It’s a no-cook jam. It’s more like a chunky fruit spread, but that’s fine by us.

Freezer Jam…adapted via my new canning cook book.

The canning cookbook had a few freezer jams, but none that were just strawberry.

I adapted a strawberry banana jam recipe.

What you need:

6 cups of mushed, smashed, crushed strawberries

1 1/2 cups of sugar

5 TBSP of Ball instant Pectin (It is a Ball cookbook, for a Ball Canning party) Product placement intended I’m sure.

• mix the sugar and Pectin together
•  add sugar mixture to the strawberries
•  stir constantly for 3 minutes
• Fill freezer jars (I used the Ball brand plastic jars)
•  place the lid on the jars
•  Let the jam “set” for 30 minutes on the counter top
• label and freeze for up to one year              OR
• gobble it up now, pour it on ice cream, roll around in it, have toast for every meal with gobs and gobs of jelly. 
• OR…(what I did) place 2 in the freezer and 1 in the fridge. They will “keep” in the fridge for 3 weeks (yeah, like they will last that long).
• Enjoy

How do you make freezer jam?

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