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Ten of our favorite homemade jams and jellies, perfect for holiday gift-giving. Make them now, and you'll have a stash of delicious gifts!
It's hard to believe it's almost November! And with that comes all the excitement and craziness of the holidays. We've already had so many of you readers commenting and emailing that you're starting to make jams and jellies now for holiday gifts. What a great idea to get started now!
These are some of our favorite, seasonal jams, and jellies that you can make right now and have on hand for an easy and delicious holiday gift. Don't forget to save a few jars for yourself though! These make a wonderfully easy appetizer with a cheese board or with scones and toast for breakfast. Many of these jams and jellies include a printable label to make your gift extra special. To receive the free pdf, just comment on the individual post of which label you would like (it helps us keep everything straight) and we will email them to you.
A delicious, sweet concoction of juicy oranges, lemon, fresh cranberries & sugar, this Easy Christmas Marmalade is fabulous on toast, English muffins, biscuits, yogurt, ice cream... you name it!
Sweet and spicy, this Pineapple Habanero Pepper Jelly is delicious on cheese trays, spooned over cream cheese or goat cheese, in grilled sandwiches and it makes a wonderful grilling glaze.
This super easy (no canning skills needed) Sweet and Spicy Fig Spread makes a delicious appetizer with crackers and cheese, but it's also a fabulous pizza base, sandwich spread, glaze for chicken, pork, or beef... Another idea is to spoon it over goat cheese or cream cheese, so delicious!
Clementine Pepper Jelly - it's fabulous for appetizers, glazes and gifts. Oh, and it's insanely delicious on warm biscuits with butter!
This sweet, spicy Mango Jalapeño Pepper Jelly makes a lovely gift and is a fabulous appetizer served with crackers and spooned over goat or cream cheese. Check out our post for so many other ways to use it!
This Raspberry Meyer Lemon Marmalade tastes like a delicious explosion of sunshine and takes less than 45 minutes to make!
Blood Orange Marmalade- With only 15 minutes of hands-on time, this delicious (not-bitter) marmalade brings a little sunshine to the breakfast table! No canning skills needed!
If you can cut up some dried figs, add sugar, balsamic vinegar, water and lemon juice then bring it all to a boil, you can make this delicious Balsamic Fig Jam! That's all there is to it! And check out the post (below) for a zillion ways to use it!
This Easy Blackberry Jelly recipe yields delicious, shimmering clear jelly that's perfect for toast, scones, biscuits, bagels, crumpets, etc. with a super simple technique!
Thought  for the day:
Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee from your presence?
 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
    your right hand will hold me fast.
Psalm 139:7-10
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Do you have labels for the mango pepper jelly?
Yes! We will send them, Judy.
Love all your recipes!! What happened to the Blueberry Jam recipe that you were going to send?
I would love this recipe and the labels. Please send me PDF>
Thanks for your help.
Hi Lottie, it should be out tomorrow!
Hi Chris could you send me the labels too please. I love your website & your recipes have great flavours, are well written so it's easy for me to follow. Very much appreciated. Regards from NSW Australia & Merry Christmas to everyone
Greetings all the way to Australia, Sharon! So happy you've enjoyed our recipes! If you could leave a comment on the posts of the recipes you'd like the labels for, we'll be happy to send them. We have so many labels and that helps us keep organized. Merry Christmas!
Hi Chris,
Please send me labels for the fig jam and the Christmas marmalade .
Thank you very much
Maria
Sure, Maria!
Where did you get those beautiful jelly jars? Would like to buy some. Thanks Oatrucua
Hi Patricia, the round jelly jars are made by a company called Weck. You can find them here: https://weckjars.com/product/902-deco-jar/
This looks lovely! Please send the label pdf. This is going in my Christmas gift boxes. đź’•đź’•
Hi Alice, just checking to see which set of labels you wanted?
What wealth of jam and jelly recipes! My fave is the Christmas Marmalade. Please send the label PDFs and thank you.
Sure, Viv!
Just wanted to stop by and tell you how very much I am enjoying the pumpkin jam recipe. I've made it twice already and stocked up on canned pumpkin just in case. Thanks for all you do.
Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment and share your results, Vickie! So happy you have enjoyed it!
Hi Chris,
I would just like to know if all of your jams and jellies can be water bathed as I make jams and jellies to sell at craft fairs.
Thank you
Irene
Hi Irene, some of them can but if they're labeled as a "freezer jam" they're not necessarily safe for canning.
I just made the pineapple habanero jelly. It looks and tastes amazing. However, it didn’t set up very well. Does it take longer than 24 hours?
Hi Kris, it shouldn't take longer than 24 hours to set up.
I love all your recipes I have tried. It’s true when you say they are easy. Please send pdf file for jams and jellies.
Hi Bonnie, Thanks so much for your kind words. If you could leave requests on the particular posts that you'd like the labels for as we have a ton of labels that would be great as we can stay organized that way.
Hi, Chris, the Blood Orange Marmalade sounds so exotic that I'd like to try it. Please send the PDF of the labels. Thanks a lot. Scott really makes the jellies and jams look so mouthwatering.
Thank you, Doris! Just sent the labels!
Thanks for all your recipes. I will try the fig jam for gifts. Please send the labels to me. Many thanks.
Sure, Margo!