Name: Homemade Berry Jam (3 Ways!)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups strawberries fresh or frozen; ¼ cup sugar; 2 Tbsp orange juice + 1 Tbsp zest; 2 cups blueberries fresh or frozen; ¼ cup sugar; 2 Tbsp lemon juice + 1 Tbsp zest; 2 cups cranberries fresh or frozen; ½ cup sugar; 2 Tbsp orange juice + 1 Tbsp zest

Homemade Berry Jam

Did you know you can make jam at home without pectin or fancy equipment? Today I’m showing you how I make easy Homemade Berry Jam (in 3 tasty flavors!) Making a big batch? Swirl it into homemade jam ice cream!

Total 30 minutes

Serves 16

Sides

American

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Did you know you can make jam at home without pectin or fancy equipment? Today I’m showing you how I make easy Homemade Berry Jam (in 3 tasty flavors!)

Making a big batch? Swirl it into homemade jam ice cream!

Homemade Berry Jam

When I was a youngin, we used to go pick strawberries in the summer then come home and spend hours washing, hulling, and processing all of them into homemade jam.

And now that I’m (a little bit) grown up I’ve started thinking I should go back to my roots and start making some of those classic recipes. But as a lazy millennial, I also like to cut out as many erroneous steps as possible. Which is why today we’re making homemade berry jam with just three ingredients: berries, citrus, and sugar!

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That’s right folks, no need for pectin today. And the real beauty of this homemade berry jam recipe? You can use frozen fruit! Homemade jam year round (meaning you don’t have to wait until July to make 397 batches of jam) (because we’ve all been there, right?).

You’ll essentially just stir everything together and set on the stove to cook down. We’ll also throw in some citrus (oranges or lemon) to brighten up the colors and add a splash of flavor, mash it up a bit to let the juices cook, then remove from the heat when your jam is thick and delicious (about 20 to 30 minutes).