2 Ingredient Jam
I started making this jam when I was 10. At the time, supper for my little brothers generally consisted of grilled hot dogs or spam with kimchi but at least we had fresh jam with our wonder bread and now I can’t remember the last time I had spam or wonder bread. This jam is a straightforward 2 ingredient fix, sans the pectin and all the hoopla.
Just in case you were wondering what the main difference between jelly and jam is, jelly is made with fruit juice while jam is a combination of crushed fruits and sugar.
When jarring your jam, make sure everything is sterilized properly. Rule of thumb: hot jam goes into hot jars/cold jam goes into cold jars.
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- 12 oz berries
- 1 c sugar*
- In a heavy bottomed pot, tumble in your berries and set the heat on low.
- Slowly sprinkle in your sugar. Stir. Don’t allow the sugar to crystallize on the sides of your pot.
- Gently press the berries to begin to release some of its juices.
- Bump up the heat to medium and your berries will begin to softly burst.
- Your jam is ready when it’s reduced by ¼ of its original volume and when spooned onto a plate, gels up and takes its time to drip down.
- Store in sterilized jars. Mine kept for a month.
My favorite way to have this is with homemade greek yogurt.
Love,
Your Squishy Monster ^.~
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Love homemade jams. They make you feel so good, standing on a shelf…waiting to be opened!
Haha, yum, loved jam on wonder bread growing up. This homemade version looks awesome – I love the sound of only 2 ingredients
G’day! I always think there is a sense of accomplishment making things from scratch Angela! Well done and yum!
Cheers! Joanne
I do the same with honey and I love it on home made bread. Will try it in my yoghurt
Nothing better than homemade jam. When I can’t get them cheap and fresh, I buy frozen
Love this! I’ve made jam at home so I just know that this is delicious!
for a second there..reading the beginning i thought u were going to make jam out of hot dogs or spam + kimchi.
Hi Angela!
I’m still working through this transfer thing and wouldn’t mind at all taking a break for some Jam and Yogurt! (which reminds me, I just got fresh milk from the dairy store and I haven’t made any yogurt yet, lol) Oh so busy:) Sure would love a jam sandwich about now. Thanks for sharing…
I wish we already had berries… Your jam makes me dream of summer days!
Wow… this berry jam is absolutely simple and looks so wonderful!
Thank you!
I’m hoping by making this, I’ve encouraged it to begin feeling like real spring soon!
Mmm…jam sandwich…
I can’t say I wouldn’t try it =)
Hoorah for fresh jam!
Frozen works too =)
I can’t wait to have my next peanut butter honey sandwich!
For sure. Nothing like edible fruits of your labor too!!
I wonder if they even sell the stuff anymore, it’s been so long since I’ve even laid my eyes on a loaf.
Even when you’ve gone a bit overboard and have too many to smoosh into a tiny pantry space, lol!
I enjoy making homemade jams with fruit that is in season-thanks for sharing this recipe with us.
Velva
Homemade jam sounds so good! I love that you can control the sugar, because some jams are too sweet.
I feel the same way, even as a child I preferred homemade because you could control this.
Big yum!
Have a great weekend!
I like this straight forward recipe, jam home made is the best. Great tips too for making and jarring.
I enjoy straightforward recipes the best.
Hi Angela,the jam definitely look really good. Thanks for sharing your recipe. Home made is still the best.
I agree…though where to draw the line is where I’m at…at this point, I’m spending much of my time homemaking, lol!