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Christmas Jam Recipe

This delicious, festive Christmas jam is the perfect blend of holiday goodies and perfect for gift giving.

In addition to this jam being super delicious, one of the best things is that it is super easy to make! Scroll below to our recipe card to watch a video showing how it’s made.

This Christmas Jam also cans very well, so even though Christmas is still a little less than two months away, it will be here before you know it.

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Stir fruit mixture and water together in a 5 qt stock pot.
  6. Stir in fruit pectin and add your 1/2 teaspoon of butter (this reduces foaming).
  7. Bring the mixture to a rolling boil over high heat, stir constantly.
  8. Add sugar to the mixture. Return to full rolling boil. Boil exactly 1 minute.
  9. Remove from heat. Using a metal spoon, skim off any foam.
  10. Immediately ladle hot jam into prepared jars. Leaving 1/4″ headspace.
  11. Wipe rims and threads. Center lid. Place ring on just finger tight. Place jars back in canner.
  12. When all the jars are filled, fill canner with water until jars are covered with 2″.
  13. Cover canner. Bring to a boil. Process for 10 minutes.
  14. Turn off heat. Uncover canner. Allow jars to sit for 5 minutes.
  15. Remove jars to a towel-lined counter and leave undisturbed for 24 hours before checking seal.
  16. 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

10 thoughts on “Christmas Jam Recipe”

    • I hot water bath for 10 minutes covering the jars by an inch of water. Remove and let cool for at least 12 hours. Then test, if you get a click then you either didn’t wipe the jars after putting your jelly in your jars and then adding your lids or you have bad lids

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10 responses to “Christmas Jam Recipe”

  1. Rosella Ryle Avatar
    Rosella Ryle

    How do you check for the seal? This looks delicious and I have all the equipment…just never got around to using it😁

    1. Birdie F Avatar
      Birdie F

      I hot water bath for 10 minutes covering the jars by an inch of water. Remove and let cool for at least 12 hours. Then test, if you get a click then you either didn’t wipe the jars after putting your jelly in your jars and then adding your lids or you have bad lids

  2. Tami Avatar
    Tami

    Looks delicious

  3. Renee Briggs Avatar
    Renee Briggs

    How many 1/2 pints will this make?

  4. Pfeeney Avatar
    Pfeeney

    How many half pints does this recipe make?

    1. Nancy Avatar
      Nancy

      Should make 6 half pints.

  5. Charmagne Avatar
    Charmagne

    How many 1/2 pint jars will this yield?

  6. Beth Avatar

    How many half pints does this make?

  7. Ruth Carpenter Avatar
    Ruth Carpenter

    Is there freezer recipe

  8. Steph White Avatar
    Steph White

    Powdered fruit pectin? Can I use liquid?

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