Blueberries are in season and so our blueberry bushes are full of them. Since we’ve moved to the country, I’ve been wanting to do more cooking and country-life activities. So since we had an abundance of blueberries, I decided to make some blueberry jam. This would be my first attempt at making jam and canning. First I picked and washed the blueberries.
After preparing the jars, I cooked the blueberry jam with a ton of sugar, pectin, and lemon juice.
After adding the sugar, I then noticed that my pot was way too small, so I began to dump out some of the mixture with measuring cups as I didn’t want to paint my stove purple. So it was a learning experience. I did get 12 small jars of blueberry jam. I was glad that all the jars did seal.
Next time I will buy bigger jars instead of these tiny cute ones. I seriously thought they held more. My husband opened one up today and used half of the jar on three biscuits. I was glad that I had bought a canning kit that had some neat tools in it like the magnet to retrieve the lids from the boiling water.
Up next I plan to try apple butter. I may also try blueberry butter since we still have plenty of blueberries. I used the website PickYourOwn.org to find instructions for blueberry jam and will try a few more of their recipes in the coming weeks.
Oh they are so cute! Well done!! I have always wanted to do something like that, make my own jams…Not that I eat jam…. Or pickled oinion hehe Just something. Well done.
good nice.
Yum! I love blueberries! This looks delicious!
i cant wait to try doing some canning this summer. I move in a week, to a place more in the country, and closer to the strawberry farms.
good to know its worth investing in the canning kit.
Nothing like homemade jam! Most people don’t realize how good blueberries are for you. The are high in antioxidants and are considered a superfruit since they have a high ORAC value.
Yummm! I just scraped the bottom of my homecanned blueberry jam. Boo hoo.
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Really good list. I saved some usefull tools to use . Thank you
I have always canned my cans in boiling water.
Fill jars that have been washed, rinsed and boiled in a pot of water for 3 minutes to 1/4 from the top. Fasten lids securely and boil jars in a vat of water for 15 minutes. Remove with tongs and let cool upright.Check for secure seals on jars and store in a cool place away from light for up to a year.Any jars that do not achieve a proper seal should be refrigerated.
Really like this post, thanks for writing.