If you’ve ever made jam or jelly at home, you know most recipes require more sugar than fruit — oftentimes 4 to 7 cups! — causing many people to look for other ways to preserve more naturally and with ...

Fall is my favorite time of the year and one of my favorite times to preserve apples. The crispness of apples, the warmth of spices, and the comforting scent of a homemade apple pie are some of the ...

If you're using a recipe that calls for commercial pectin, there are several points you need to pay attention to: • Do not attempt to switch powdered pectin for liquid or liquid for powdered; the two ...

When it comes to making jams, jellies and preserves, the recipes call for sugar — usually lots of sugar. A recipe for classic strawberry jam in “Better Homes and Gardens Jams & Jellies” (Houghton ...

Experienced jelly-makers will tell you one enduring fact: All pectin is not created equal. The two types of pectin – liquid and dry – are safe for most people. Which one home cooks use, says Kansas ...

This story is a component of the feature “Seasons of Preserves: Berry Jelly,” which is part of a four-part series on preserving fruit at home called “L.A. in a Jar.” As RuPaul sings in the 2012 song ...

homemade berry jam in a mason jar on wood surface - Leka Sergeeva/Shutterstock There's no tastier way to make seasonal fruits last than to turn them into homemade jam. The standard formula for classic ...

If you tried making strawberry freezer jam recently and couldn't get it to set, the blame may lie with a bad recipe mistakenly inserted into boxes of Sure-Jell regular pectin. All those lovely berries ...