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Strawberry Vanilla Jam

May 29, 2010 / Strawberry, Preserves

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As I write this, the last of the strawberries are attempting to grow and ripen before being withered by 90-degree days. At least down here. Elsewhere, you’re just about to dive into strawberry season! And if you’re like me, you won’t be able to help yourself when you see those juicy beauties looking up at you, begging to be turned into a million delicious things. You might buy, oh, 16 pounds and wonder why you didn’t get more.

Seriously. I am lamenting that I didn’t get enough strawberries to have some on hand in my freezer. But at least I have jam. And now you can too.

Strawberry vanilla jam doesn't take long to make; maybe an hour, tops, from cutting the berries to hearing the ping of the lids!
Jam is actually really easy to make. It doesn’t even take that much time – maybe an hour, tops, from cutting the berries to hearing the ping of the lids. Your life will be made easier if you have a canning kit but you can improvise if you don’t. Please remember to have closed-toe shoes and oven mitts if you are improvising!

Strawberry Vanilla Jam

Author: Megan
Strawberry Vanilla Jam
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Ingredients

  • Approximately 4 pints strawberries , to make 4 cups crushed
  • 1 box pectin*
  • 7 cups sugar
  • 2 vanilla beans

Instructions

  1. Fill a large pot with water and start heating to a boil. Separate jar lids, screw bands, and jars. Place lids gum-side up in a shallow bowl or plate and set aside.
  2. Measure exact amount of sugar into a large bowl and set aside. You need to add it all at once later on, so you don't want to fiddle with measuring later!
  3. Wash and hull strawberries, then in a large bowl crush one layer at a time using a potato masher. Don't get too crazy with the masher - you still want chunks. Pour berries, juice and all, into a 6-quart dutch oven or stockpot.
  4. At this point, put the empty jars into the pot of water to sterilize and heat up.
  5. Begin heating berries over medium-high heat, then stir in pectin. Continue heating until it reaches a rapid boil, then add sugar all at once, stirring to dissolve.
  6. Split the vanilla beans and scrap out as much caviar as possible into pot, then toss entire bean in too.
  7. Continue heating and stirring jam until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat.
  8. Take some of the hot water and pour it over the lids in the shallow bowl, making sure they are completely covered. Using tongs, remove jars from pot and place on a towel-covered countertop.
  9. Carefully pour jam into jars, leaving about 1/2 inch headspace. Wipe edges clean and place lids on top, securing with screw bands. Gently lower jars into hot-water bath and process (let boil) for 10 minutes.
  10. Remove and set on toweled counter. Go do the dishes. At some point you should hear the jars "ping" - this means the seal was properly made and it's safe to leave in your cupboard. If a jar doesn't ping, you can either re-process or store the jar in the fridge. Properly processed jars should keep for a year, and jars in the fridge keep for about two weeks.

Recipe Notes

*If using low/no-sugar pectin, please follow the box directions for ingredients and sugar levels.

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  1. Marc O. says

    May 29, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    That’s it… next year I plant strawberries. Lots of them. This looks amazing.

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  2. Teri H says

    May 31, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    I made this yesterday and it is so good! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Megan says

      June 1, 2010 at 9:08 am

      You’re welcome! It always makes me happy to hear someone trying my recipes!

      Reply
  3. Barbara @ VinoLuciStyle says

    June 1, 2010 at 10:08 am

    I just have to say…neiner neiner; I won a jar of this wonderful strawberry jam and it is sooooo good. I’ve made plenty of strawberry jam over the years but have never considered adding vanilla bean; do it, makes the jam amazing!

    Reply
  4. robynski says

    July 9, 2010 at 3:49 pm

    Just finished making this. It smells wonderful. Pinging happening as I type. Thank you for the recipe! I can hardly wait to try some.

    Reply

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