Cranberry Christmas Jam Recipes

Steps:

• In a food processor, coarsely process cranberries and orange sections. Place in a Dutch oven with strawberries and sugar. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. , Remove from the heat and stir in the pectin. Skim off the foam. Carefully ladle into hot half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles; wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner.

Steps:

• Add the cranberries, apples, water, sugar, and spices to a large Dutch oven.
• Slowly bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
• Turn the heat up a little and cook rapidly, stirring often to prevent sticking, until the jam reaches the gelling point.
• Use the plate method to check for gelling or use a digital thermometer. Gelling is reached at 220 degrees or 8 degrees above the boiling point of water.
• Spoon the hot jam into prepared jars, leaving ¼ inch headspace.
• Wipe the lip of each jar with a damp paper towel, top the jars with a lid and a lid ring.
• Process the jars in a water bath canner for 15 minutes. Remove and let cool completely.

Steps:

• Combine cranberries, white sugar, turbinado sugar, water, orange zest, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice, and pepper in a large pot over medium heat. Simmer, stirring frequently, until sugar dissolves and cranberries pop, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Blend cranberry jam into desired consistency using an immersion blender.
• Pour jam into a glass pint jar; cool until thickened and set, about 1 hour. Seal jar and refrigerate.

Steps:

• Grind strawberries and cranberries in a food processor or grinder; place in a Dutch oven. Add sugar. Bring to a full rolling boil; boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat; stir in pectin and return to a full rolling boil. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat. , Cool for 5 minutes; skim off foam. Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles; wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner.

Steps:

• Sterilize jars and lids in boiling water for at least 10 minutes. Let simmer while making jam.
• In a large saucepan, combine strawberries, cranberries, pectin, and margarine. Bring to a boil. Stir in sugar, and return to a boil. Cook for 1 minute; remove from heat.
• Quickly fill jars to within 1/2 inch from top. Wipe rims clean, and put on lids. Process in a boiling water bath for 5 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan combine cranberries, apples, and water.
• Cook over medium high heat until apples apear translucent and cranberries pop.
• Push through a food mill to remove skins, you will want 3 cups pulp.
• Add the pineapple with juice, lemon juice and sugar.
• Stirring constantly bring to a boil, cooking until thick and clear, around 10 minutes.
• Ladle into clean hot jars.
• Process in a boiling water bath 5 minutes for half pint jars.
• Adjust for altitude.

Steps:

• Combine cranberries and sections of seeded orange in a food processor.
• Pulse until coarsely chopped.
• Add strawberries, zest, cloves and cinnamon.
• Continue processing until finely chopped, but not pureed.
• Stir together fruit mixture, sugar and water in a very large saucepan or dutch oven until well blended.
• Cook for 2 minutes over low heat, stirring constantly.
• Increase heat to high and bring mixture to a full, rolling boil.
• Stir in liquid pectin.
• Stirring constantly, bring to a rolling boil again and boil for one minute.
• Remove from heat and skim off foam.
• Immediately pour into 6 hot, sterilized half-pint jars.
• Carefully wipe clean rims of jars with a damp cloth.
• Place lids on jars and screw on bands just until snug.
• Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
• Remove from water bath and cool away from drafts until jars seal.