This sweet, juicy freezer jam takes just two ingredients, can be manipulated for any berry and is simple to make.

This freezer jam recipe is so super-easy that it is almost embarrassing to post on the blog.  All you need is the berry of your choice, white sugar and a large soup pot to whip out some of the best jam you have ever tasted.

The fact that you source the ingredients makes it as wholesome and organic as you want and with no pectin you can have something completely additive (and preservative since you’ll be freezing it) free.

We are at the tail-end of raspberry season here in SW Ontario, so it’s a great time to stock up and make a batch of freezer jam.  I bought a flat of raspberries then half a flat each of strawberries and blueberries from a local nursery.

Fresh raspberries, raspberries, ripe raspberries

That photo makes me drool!

Rinse your berries and then mash them up in a large soup pot.  The pot will seem oversized now, but once the fruit gets to a rolling boil it will double in volume, so be safe and go too big versus too small.

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I made one batch of raspberry jam and then another that I called “bumbleberry” because it was a mixture of raspberries, blueberries and strawberries.  The strawberries I chopped up into smaller pieces, but the rest of the fruit was just mashed with a potato masher.

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Heat the berries until they reach a full rolling boil and then let boil for 2 minutes.

Add in your sugar and stir well.

Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and continue to let it boil for another 2 minutes.

Remove the raspberry jam from the heat and mix with a rotary mixer for 4 minutes.  Be careful, hot sugar burns and the mixture tends to splatter everywhere.

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Pour into clean jars and seal.

Because this is freezer jam, you don’t have to sterilize the jars and lids.  Dishwasher clean is fine.  The sterilization process is for shelf jam – to ensure that there are no mould spores or bacteria in the jars before canning.  Nothing gets moldy in the freezer and bacteria can’t survive a deep freeze, so we’re okay without that extra step.

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Isn’t that raspberry jam gorgeous?!

Think PB&J, sweet toast in the morning or as a scrumptious topping on ice cream.

The jar below is a mixture of bumbleberry jam and raspberry freezer jam (I ran out of jars before I ran out of jam) so you can see a slight difference in colour and texture.

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I bottled up 20 jars and gave a few away to friends.

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This will give you an idea of the cost savings on making your own super-simple freezer jam versus buying jars in the store.  (Canadian pricing)

Store-bought jam = anywhere from $3.69 to $5.99 for the same size jar.

Shoot.  I thought it was going to be a bigger savings than that.  Can you tell I write as I think and don’t really pre-plan my posts? lol

Regardless, this freezer jam tastes WAAAY better, has better and fewer ingredients and you can use it as a gift (you can’t really give a jar of Kraft without getting a weird look.)

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Super-simple freezer jam, freezer jam, raspberry jam, easy raspberry jam

Super-Simple Freezer Jam

  1.  Bring mashed berries to a rolling boil and let boil for 2 minutes.
  2. Add in sugar and stir continuously until mixture comes to a boil.  Continue stirring for an extra 2 minutes.
  3. Remove the jam from the heat and mix with a rotary mixer for 4 minutes
  4. Pour into clean jars and seal.
  5. Store in freezer

Makes ~6 cups

Go get your ‘Martha-on’ this weekend and have a sweet, delicious treat all winter long.

Have a great one!

LMAO, LOL, Too funny

 

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2 Responses

  1. Probably a stupid question – does the jam expand in the jars while in the freezer? How full should the jars be filled before sealing – I just don’t want to end up with a big sticky mess in the freezer if it ends up breaking the jars.

    1. It does expand – anything with moisture will – so I left about 3/4″-1″ at the top of each jar (you can see in the photos) to account for this. Mine went in the freezer a week or so ago and nothing has oozed out!