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Our favorite, seasonal jams and jellies, perfect for holiday gift-giving. Make them now and you'll have easy gifts ready without the stress!
We love having a freezer stocked with jams and jellies! They are the perfect thing to spice up a cheeseboard or a loaf of bread. They also make a wonderful and thoughtful gift for neighbors, postal workers, teachers, and friends. Go ahead and make a batch now and you'll have it on hand all season long for last-minute gifts! We've included pepper jellies and more traditional sweet jams, so there is something for everyone.
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.
Clementine Pepper Jelly - it's fabulous for appetizers, glazes and gifts. Oh, and it's insanely delicious on warm biscuits with butter!
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 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!
You can also make these Easy Candied Pecans now as they keep well for weeks in an airtight container. Add them to your holiday cheese boards or gift them as gifts! Check out the video to see how easy they are!
This Raspberry Meyer Lemon Marmalade tastes like a delicious explosion of sunshine and takes less than 45 minutes to make!
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!
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!
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!
These sweeter jams would pair perfectly with these Sugar Topped Scones for an easy and delicious gift!
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Hi, Chris:
You have the most wonderful recipes!!! I have tried 2 so far and plan to make more. Would you please be so kind as to send me the label? Thank you so much!
Thank you for the kind comment, Mary Ann! Just leave a comment on the recipe you are interested in and we will send the labels your way!
Hi, Chris!
I plan to make your Pineapple Habenero and Blackberry jellies to give as favors for my daughter’s wedding. They both look so good and I would love to have the labels!
Thanks so much,
Jan
What a great idea, Jan! We will send the labels now.
I have a box of liquid certo. How can I use it instead of the box of powdered pectin listed in the recipe. Do I need to add more sugar?
Hi Nancy, liquid and powdered pectin are not interchangeable. If you look at recipes for the same type of jam with the two pectins, the proportions are usually quite different. I don't recommend it.
Hi Chris,
I would love to make your lovely Raspberry Meyer Lemon Marmalade, would you be so kind as to send me the PDF for the labels. I am starting to think about gift giving for some of my friends and neighbours and the label adds such a finishing touch to these little jars tied with a ribbon .
Thank you
Brigida
do you still have the label template available? I would love to have a copy of it
The labels should be in your email, Rosalind!
These look so amazing, can't wait to try some of these. Could you email me some labels, thank you so much, beautiful website, Wonderfull recipes, and gorgeous photo's....
Thank you, Linda! We'll be happy to send you the labels! We really appreciate your kind words! 🥰
Thanks, Linda! The labels have been sent!
Can’t wait to try a few of these for Christmas gifts. Can you tell us where you got those adorable jars. What presentation!
Thank you Mary! My favorite jars are the Weck jars. Her is a link for them: https://amzn.to/3lztxPu
Chris, I was just imagining the jelly rainbow and wondered about a green...then found your Green Pepper one. Could you design one with kiwi or lime too?
Hi Viv, I don't have labels for the Jalapeno jelly at this time. Perhaps I can republish that one at some point and make a label for it. I haven't tried kiwi jelly but that is intriguing!
Oh my! All your jams look gorgeous and those pretty jars, I would love to know where to find them! They will make the perfect gifts! Ps.... love the balsamic fig jam! 🙂
Thanks so much! I get a lot of my jars from Amazon. If you have any particular one you like, I'll be happy to leave a link.
Do you have a recipe for the beautiful sliced bread showing on this page?
Thanks so much
Hi Virgina, I don't have a recipe for that particular bread as it was purchased but this one is similar if you made it in two smaller loaves: https://thecafesucrefarine.com/no-knead-seeded-oatmeal-bread/
Hi Virgina, I believe that bread was purchased but it's very similar to this bread:https://thecafesucrefarine.com/seeded-oat-bread/
Oh, to have one of each glistening jar on a sunny windowsill! Not only are they little gems and jewels but their flavors excite with that unexpected hint of hot. Lovely, thanks for a bright post on this dreary, gray and snowy day in Alberta.
That sounds like something I'd like to take a picture of, Viv! Thanks for painting this lovely picture with your words! đź’•