I am kicking off Craft Lightning week today with my strawberry freezer jam plus some free printable labels for you. This week I am posting a craft each morning that takes 15 minutes or less to complete for Craft Lightning. Each afternoon I will be posting a round up of quick crafts from around the web. You can be featured here as well! Just link up any craft that takes 15 minutes or less to complete to our Craft Lightning linky party. Now are you ready for my secrets to making strawberry freezer jam? And I have a bonus of some great free printable labels for you as well. This post is party of my monthly sponsored series from Online Labels. I will tell you more about how to shop there for labels to fit the tops of your jars below.
If you missed any of the Craft Lightning fun, be sure to check out the quick crafts from day 1, day 2, day 3, and day 4.
First lets make some strawberry freezer jam. I have been buying fresh strawberries from the Amish community here for years and making my own freezer jam. It is really so simple and so darn good. During one drought year I was unable to purchase any strawberries and would y’all know that my kids refused to eat store bought jam? Yes strawberry freezer jam is THAT much better than that store bought stuff. Plus it is only three ingredients. Mashed strawberries, sugar, and INSTANT pectin. That is the secret my friends. Buy the INSTANT pectin from Ball. This year I went to five stores before I found it in stock but trust me it is worth it.
I would recommend following the super simple instructions on the back of the package. Really you just mash your fruit (I use a potato masher) and add sugar with pectin. You literally stir for THREE minutes. Doesn’t get much quick than that. Now lets get to those labels. If you need labels to fit the tops of your jars for canning, Online Labels has you covered. Order the OL350 for a standard size mason jar lid and you are ready to labels your jars in style. I am using the OL350BK to print my labels. The last two letters indicate the color you would like your label stock. I love the old world vintage look of the brown kraft paper. You can click below to print my strawberry jam labels on your choice of label stock. Order extra labels for any canning you are doing this summer. You can download a template from Online Labels and easily make your own custom canning labels for your kitchen.
Strawberry Jam Printable Labels <—- click to print your own labels
Grab some strawberries while they are in season and preserve them for use this winter. With these simple tricks on making strawberry freezer jam, it will be quick and easy to make your own jam. Be careful, however, your kids may start to refuse store bought jam like mine!
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This post is sponsored by Online Labels however all projects and opinions are my own.
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Just curious as to approximately how much strawberries do i need? This seems so simple I have got to try it, My dad brought some strawberry/rhubarb jam last year….OMG it was delicious….my 2 girls hubs and I sat at the taBLE toasting bread and spreading jam until the loaf of bread was gone!!! 🙂
With the “instant pectin” in a can like I show here any amount can be made. It recommends batches of 1 3/4 cups of crushed berries to start but you can go up or down just by converting the measurements. And seriously 1 3/4 cups is not much! I started with 1 gallon of berries and made two batches of the jam plus a HUGE bowl cut up for us to eat on. And there may have been some eating of them while I was chopping/mashing….. 😉
This looks delicious! I wish I lived closer so that I could raid your freezer. Guess I’ll have to make some of my own… good thing it is so simple! 😀
Canning reminds me of being young – I’m going to have to try it again. Your labels are so cute!
Pinning this. We are going strawberry picking next week. Now I know what to do with those berries.
Why can’t I just view the recipe and print it????
Sorry but I feel like the instructions on the package itself are best. That way if Ball makes changes, your jam will not fail. They are constantly tweaking and changing with their test kitchens.