Yay, it’s strawberry season! Years ago a friend shared her strawberry freezer jam
recipe with me (and how unbelievably easy it was), and I’ve been making this every summer since!
This jam takes only three ingredients and about 30 minutes to make. You’ll have numerous jars to freeze for later.
Of course this easy recipe doesn’t require picking your own…store bought is great! I do recommend buying organic if the budget allows, as pesticides can easily penetrate the thin skin on strawberries.
How to make easy strawberry jam:
Making this jam is SO incredibly easy! There are only three ingredients — strawberries, sugar and Sure Jell fruit pectin. OK, technically four with water, but it’s still not much at all.
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I always soak strawberries with a bit of white vinegar before eating or cooking with them. I promise you won’t taste the vinegar — usually about a quarter of vinegar to water ratio works great.
the berries to two cups (smashed):
I didn’t even chop up the strawberries first. It took about 2.5
cups (maybe a little more) of berries to get the two cups smashed.
Then, add to the mashed berries FOUR cups of sugar:
Yes, that is only two. Add FOUR. I had to force myself to
pour it all in. But it is totally worth it in the end so just close your
eyes and POUR. 🙂
After making this so many times, I do think you could go lighter with the sugar, but I would try it as is first and then change it to your taste.
Mix it all together, and keep mixing for about ten minutes:
Then take one package of Sure Jell
and mix it with 3/4 cup of water on the stove:
After it starts boiling, let it boil for one minute. Keep stirring!:
Take the mixture off the stove, add it to your berries and sugar mixture, and
stir for about three minutes.
Then take your cute little jelly jars and fill them up, about a half inch from the top of the can:
Let them sit at room temperature for 24 hours, then you can freeze them.
When I make this jam, I bring a jar to cook outs and Fourth of July parties throughout the
summer as gifts to the hostess (with some fresh sourdough bread on the side).
Have you tried homemade strawberry jam? I had no idea it was so easy!
Here’s an image you can pin for later:
