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    Jam Recipes

    Learn how to make the best homemade jams with these easy recipes, from classic strawberry jam to rhubarb jam and a tangy jalapeño jam. Make sure to invest in a canning kit (available on Amazon) to help you make homemade preserves.

    • Apple jam served on a toasted English muffin
      Cinnamon Apple Jam (no pectin)
    • A pink plate with a piece of toast topped with homemade rhubarb jam.
      Small-Batch Rhubarb Jam Recipe Without Pectin
    • Jalapeño pepper jam and cream cheese on bread.
      Jalapeño Jam Recipe (no pectin)
    • A jar of homemade blueberry jam with a spoon.
      Blueberry Jam
    • A jar of plum jam served with toast.
      Plum jam
    • Honey apricot jam
      Honey apricot jam
    • Transferring homemade apricot jam into jars to seal them.
      Apricot jam
    • A jar of homemade strawberry red currant jam with a spoonful on the side and the metal band
      Strawberry and red currant jam
    • The freezer plate test with a dollop of strawberry jam to show it wrinkles when it sets.
      The jam setting point and how to determine jam set
    • Peach jam served with sourdough bread and butter on the side.
      Peach Jam Without Added Pectin
    • Strawberry jam with rhubarb smeared on a piece of toast on a plate.
      Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
    • Toast served with homemade strawberry jam and butter on a pink plate.
      Strawberry jam
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    Bake With Pumpkin

    • Serving a slice of pumpkin cheesecake topped with whipped cream.
      Baked Pumpkin Cheesecake
    • A yellow plate of baked pumpkin donuts coated in cinnamon sugar.
      Baked pumpkin donuts
    • Scoops of pumpkin ice cream in little bowls with pie crust cookies.
      Pumpkin ice cream
    • Serving pumpkin pie on black plates.
      Pumpkin Pie Without Evaporated Milk
    • A plate with a pumpkin muffin split open and smeared with butter, with a cup of coffee on the side.
      Pumpkin Muffins With Streusel Topping
    • Slices of pumpkin bread served on dessert plates with a cup of coffee.
      Perfect Pumpkin Loaf Cake

    Apple Season

    • Double crust apple pie loaded with apples.
      Maple Apple Pie
    • Slicing into an Italian apple cake to serve it.
      Old-Fashioned Apple Yogurt Cake
    • Apple jam served on a toasted English muffin
      Cinnamon Apple Jam (no pectin)
    • Apple crumb coffee cake ready to be served with cups of tea, plates and a serrated knife
      Apple Crumble Cake
    • An apple cake baked in a square baking pan.
      Apple Butter Cake with Brandy
    • Apple butter pie stencilled with icing sugar.
      Apple Butter Pie

    Eggless chocolate cake

    Chocolate layer cake with cream cheese frosting and chocolate sprinkles on a cake stand.
    Learn to make an eggless chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting!

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    How to poach pears

    Poached pears on an enamelware plate.
    This easy poached pears recipe is simple and you can use the poached fruit for salads, appetizers, and desserts!

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