Warm spices, a healthy splash of vanilla, and toasty oats and coconut set these jam bars apart.
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Easy Fig Jam Filled Challah
Challah mix and homemade fresh fig jam make for an easy, delicious bread.
Cherry Orange Jam
Ingredients: 3 cups crushed sweet cherries (I used a potato masher to crush the cherries) 1/4 cup candied orange peel (I used this) 3 tablespoons powdered pectin* 2 cups sugar Directions: Evenly sprinkle the bottom of the Ball Jam Maker with the pectin. Spoon the fruit and peel in a relatively even layer over the […]
How-to: Sweet & Savory Blue Cheese Boards
You can’t beat a cheese board for holiday entertaining! Litehouse approached me to create a cheese board using their center cut cheese, which is cut from the center of a cheese wheel that has been aged 100 days, and I jumped at the chance. I love having snacks for dinner and assembling cheese boards! It’s so fun […]
PB&J Hamantaschen
Ingredients: 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter, room temperature 2 eggs, at room temperature 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour 1/2 cup peanut butter powder (I used PBFit) 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder jam (I used elderberry jam) Directions: Preheat oven to 375. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a large bowl, beat […]
Double Orange Hamantaschen
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter, room temperature 2 eggs, at room temperature 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon orange extract orange jam/marmalade (I used Seville Orange Fiordifrutta) Directions: Preheat oven to 375. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a large bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, […]
Peach and Smoked Jalapeño Jam
Ingredients: 1 jalapeno 4 cups lightly crushed peaches 3 tablespoons instant pectin* 2 cups sugar 3 tablespoons bottled lemon juice Directions: To make the smoked jalapeno: The next time you grill, place applewood chips in a foil packet (poke holes in it) or in a smoker box among the coals. Place the jalapeno(s) on the grill […]
Peach Blueberry Lemon Verbena Jam
Ingredients: 4 cups lightly crushed peaches 2/3 cup blueberries, lightly crushed 3 tablespoons instant pectin* 2 cups sugar 3 tablespoons bottled lemon juice 3 tablespoons chiffonade lemon verbena** Directions: Evenly sprinkle the bottom of the Ball Jam Maker with the pectin. Spoon the fruit in a relatively even layer over the pectin. Sprinkle with lemon […]
Swedish Spiced Peach Jam
Ingredients: 3 1/2 cups lightly crushed peaches 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon cloves 1/4 teaspoon cardamon 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon vanilla paste 3 tablespoons pectin 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon citric acid Directions: Evenly sprinkle the bottom of the Ball Jam Maker with the pectin. Spoon the fruit in a relatively even layer […]
Hibiscus Peach Jam
Ingredients: 3 1/2 cups lightly crushed peaches 3 hibiscus flowers in syrup*, drained and chopped 2 teaspoons hibiscus syrup* 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon citric acid 3 tablespoons low sugar pectin Directions: Evenly sprinkle the bottom of the Ball Jam Maker with the pectin. Spoon the fruit, hibiscus and syrup in a relatively even layer […]