Comments on: Strawberry Freezer Jam

By: Jazzy

Jazzy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:42:42 +0000

I would be making this tonight if I wasnt so lazy LOL

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By: Lovefrom1stbite

Lovefrom1stbite — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:28:53 +0000

Yummy..I love it. Anything with strawberry is great

The food blogger next door :)

By: ashley

ashley — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:35:20 +0000

This sounds SO much better of a thing to do in summer, when berries are at their peak, than standing over a simmering cauldron, canning away, not that there’s anything wrong with that….

By: PandoraWilde

PandoraWilde — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:22:38 +0000

I get roped into–I mean, I experience the joy of making freezer jam for the whole family nearly every year. It’s simple, it’s fun and if you can’t get the jars called for here you can use any airtight freezer container for your jam.

One of my favorite things to do is to melt a little jam and pour over homemade vanilla ice cream–omnomnomnom!

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:43:41 +0000

When freezer jam sets is it a soft set or a firm set? Mine is set but it still rolls around in the jar. Is that normal?

By: Renee

Renee — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:18:47 +0000

We got a whole flat of strawberries at our farmers market for $12. I decided to look up freezer jam recipies because I thought it would be fun to do with my kids. I came across this tutorial and it looked so easy I thought I could do it. I called a million places to find the ball freezer jars and the only place that had them was Walmart so I drove 45 minutes there and 45 minutes back. I discovered that they are not only great for jam but also great for freezing other liquids like stocks. I got 5 packs (each had 4) at $2.93 a piece. The pectin was convieniently placed right next to the jars. It took me two hours to do a whole flat and I ended up with 21 jars (16oz each) of homemade strawberry jam. My kids can’t stand the 24 hour set time they are waiting to dive into the jars. Thank you for showing us how easy this is, I don’t think we’ll ever buy jam again.
Laurie- I don’t know what brand of pectin you used but the one I used had section on what to do if your jam didn’t set. You may want to look at your directions again.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:59:47 +0000

I had some strawberry freezer jam at a friends and it was so good I came home and made some right away. I was very precise with my measurements, but it didn’t gel, what did I do wrong?

By: Darnell

Darnell — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:00:30 +0000

I’ve made this for over 30 years. What’s the big deal?

By: DEB

DEB — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:22:23 +0000

Hi!
Just wanted to share a product that makes it even easier to make strawberry or raspberry freezer jam. (See package to make apricot or peach, as the measurements are a bit different!)

I also like this way of making the jam, as it uses much less sugar (4 cups fruit to 1-1/2 cups sugar)

The pectin pouch is made by Ball, and called Simple Creations, no cook, freezer jam fruit pectin. The directions are this simple:

You will need:

1. Your favorite fresh or frozen fruit crushed to make 4 cups.

2. 1 1/2 cups sugar (or splenda–(granular)

3. 5 plastic ball freezer jars-8 oz–they come in packs of 5 and have purple screw lids)-or other containers, but these are great! (pictured above in the original recipe).

Basic directions:

Stir sugar and pectin package together ’till well blended.

Smash fruit to make 4 cups.

Mix well.

Pour into the containers.

Let stand 30 mins to set. Refrigerate or freeze.

This keeps for 3 weeks in the frig, or for 1 year in the freezer!

I have made this many times, using raspberries and strawberries, and it is the best (and easiest) freezer jam I have ever had.

A neighbor picked raspberries yesterday, gave them to me at 12:15, and by 1:05 I had brought him back a jar of the jam!