Strawberry Jam Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• Combine flour, salt, cream of tartar, and baking soda in a bowl; set aside.
• Stir strawberry jam and buttermilk together; set aside.
• Combine sugar, butter, vanilla extract, and lemon juice in a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add dry ingredients alternately with strawberry jam mixture, mixing just until blended. Fold in walnuts.
• Divide batter evenly between the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes. Remove from pans onto cooling racks.

Steps:

• Combine the sugar, lemon zest, and lemon juice in a small saucepan and cook over very low heat for 10 minutes, until the sugar is dissolved. Add the strawberries and continue to cook over very low heat for 20 minutes, until the strawberries release some of their juices and the mixture boils slowly. Cook until a small amount of the juice gels on a very cold plate. (I keep one in the freezer.) Pour carefully into 2 pint canning jars and either seal or keep refrigerated. Use immediately, or follow proper canning guidelines below.
• Sterilizing Tips:
• Jars should be made from glass and free of any chips or cracks. Preserving or canning jars are topped with a glass, plastic, or metal lid, which has a rubber seal. Two piece lids are best for canning, as they vacuum seal when processed.
• To sterilize jars, before filling with jams, pickles, or preserves, wash jars and lids with hot, soapy water. Rinse well and arrange jars and lids open sides up, without touching, on a tray. Leave in a preheated 175 degree F oven for 25 minutes. Or, boil the jars and lids in a large saucepan, covered with water, for 15 minutes.
• Use tongs when handling the hot sterilized jars, to move them from either boiling water or the oven. Be sure the tongs are sterilized too, by dipping the ends in boiling water for a few minutes.
• As a rule, hot preserves go into hot jars and cold preserves go into cold jars. All items used in the process of making jams, jellies, and preserves must be clean. This includes any towels used, and especially your hands.
• After the jars are sterilized, you can preserve the food. It is important to follow any canning and processing instructions included in the recipe and refer to USDA guidelines about the sterilization of canned products.

Steps:

• Put the strawberries in a food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped. Transfer to a large saute pan along with the sugar, lemon juice, balsamic and salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook, stirring frequently, until thickened, 8 to 9 minutes. Transfer the jam to a heat-resistant container and cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate for up to 10 days.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring strawberries up to a simmer over medium-low heat, mashing roughly with a potato masher or flat spoon.
• Add sugar and lemon juice, stir, and bring up to a simmer for 2 minutes.
• Add butter and bring to a vigorous boil, stirring often, and cook for 10 to 20 minutes, periodically measuring the viscosity of the jam by dabbing a spoonful onto a plate and tipping the plate.
• Once the jam slows its drip down the plate (it should no longer run like a syrup), remove from heat and skim off foam.
• Fill jars that have been washed, rinsed, dried and boiled in a pot of water for 3 minutes to 1/4 inch from the top.
• Fasten lids securely and boil jars in a vat of water (be sure jars are completely submerged) for 15 minutes.
• Remove jars with tongs and let cool upright.
• Check for secure seals on jars (lid should not spring when touched) 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.

Steps:

• If frozen, thaw completely.
• Crush berries with fork or potato masher, do NOT puree them.
• Put berries and sugar into pan of machine.
• Follow the directions for your machine for the jam cycle.
• Do NOT alter the ingredient quantities or this will NOT set right.

Steps:

• Grease and flour three 9-in. round baking pans; set aside. , In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg whites, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the strawberries, sour cream and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture. Transfer batter to prepared pans. , Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 22-26 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add the confectioners' sugar, strawberries, extract and, if desired, food coloring; beat until smooth. , Place bottom cake layer on a serving plate; top with 1/2 cup jam and 1/2 cup frosting. Repeat layers. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Garnish with strawberries if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9-inch cake pans.
• Mix sugar, pecans, strawberry jam, butter, eggs, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Mix baking soda into buttermilk; add to the batter. Add flour a little at a time, mixing well, until combined.
• Pour batter evenly into the prepared cake pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool, about 30 minutes.
• While cakes cool, beat sugar and butter for filling together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Add heavy cream, raisins, and pecans. Transfer to a pot and bring to a boil. Do not stir once syrup begins to boil. Heat to 240 degrees F (115 degrees C) or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from water and placed on a flat surface.
• Spread between and over the top of the cooled cake layers, letting excess drip down the sides.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-5-by-2 1/2-inch loaf pan. Dust with flour; tap out excess. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and the salt.
• Put egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer; beat on medium speed until soft peaks form. Add 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar; beat until stiff, glossy peaks form. Transfer meringue to a large bowl.
• Fit mixer with the paddle. Put butter in a clean mixing bowl; mix on medium-high speed until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar and the zest; mix on medium until pale and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Scrape down sides. Reduce speed to low; add yolks, 1 at a time. Mix in vanilla and lemon juice. Mix in flour mixture in three batches, alternating with two batches of yogurt.
• Whisk one-third meringue into batter. Gently fold in remainder with a rubber spatula. Spoon batter into pan.
• Bake until firm to the touch and browned and crisp, about 55 minutes. (If top browns too quickly, tent with foil.) Let cool slightly in pan on a wire rack, about 10 minutes. Run a knife around edges to loosen; unmold. Let cool completely.
• Cut cake horizontally into three layers. Spread half of jam on bottom layer. Top with middle layer. Spread remaining jam on middle layer. Top with third layer. Refrigerate until set, about 2 hours.