Summer Strawberry Jam

LOVE this jam! This is the best recipe for beginner canners! Change the servings to 135 US and you'll get 8 (8oz) jars or 4 (16 oz) jars. The jam is sweet, spreadable, and easy to make. I'm a beginner with canning and this was my first recipe, it was easy and foolproof. Enjoy!

Good consistency. Make sure and reach the hard boil. It's perfectly okay to mash berries all at once. This was sweet enough because our berries were sweet. If not, I would have needed another 1/3 cup of sugar. If you do this, premix the 1/3 cup with the pectin, adding before the first boil. It's very important to follow directions closely for jam to set properly, so don't deviate if it is your first time to make it.

Absolutely perfect. The berries and sugar ratio was a little sweet but you come to expect that from most berry jams. Simple enough that my oldest boy and I could make this together--the directions were explained very well. He was quite pleased with himself. This strawberry jam recipe reminds me so much of Grandma it hurts, but it's a bittersweet hurt.

I have made this time and time again first time exactly as recipe states and it was very very good. We have been slowly decreasing the sugar until we find what the minimum amount would be to our satisfaction. This was my first attempt at jam and it never sits long enough for me to worry about it expiring...

AMAZING! I'll be canning several more jars this weekend for my family and some friends and coworkers. LOVE IT !

My first time making jam, it was easy and turned out great!

Delicious! This was my first time canning and it was super easy. I canned 5 8oz jars & in two days we're down two jars! I'll be canning more!

This is such a simple recipe that my seven year old could make it!(with help from me at points of course!) Tastes so good that my oldest couldn't tell it wasn't store bought. Will definitely keep this one.

Perfect strawberry jam! So fresh and good! Easy instructions to follow, can't miss on this one!

so good!

So easy and a lot of fun to do as a family. We had to decrease the sugar by almost half though.

Sooooooooo good!! My first time making jams and came out great. I decide to use brown sugar instead. I also made another jam with strawberries and pineapple. Great recipie.

This is a wonderful basic recipe for strawberry jam. It is very sweet but delicious. I will try using less sugar next time. I increased the recipe to yield 8 8oz. jars and added 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. I also made the necessary adjustment for high altitude during the boiling water bath process since I live in Albuquerque, NM. I increased the processing time by 10 minutes for a total of 20 min. Be sure to let your completed jars sit undisturbed for at least 24 hours.

Delicious!! Thank you and I am a beginner and will never buy Jam from a store again. I will also be giving these as gifts.

Delicious and easy to make. I gave it to family and friends to try and they loved it.

simple and easy; love it

Fresh strawberries from our garden! I never made jellies, jams. This was super easy! I didn't "jar" them. It was a small batch. I'll keep a jar for us and share the other. When we get more strawberries in the garden I will start the canning process w this recipe! Thanks! And English muffin in am has a whole new Life!!!

I’ve never made jam before, this was one of the easier recipes I found. It turned out really well my family loved it didn’t take long at all.

I made this recipe with apricots instead of strawberries and Splenda instead of sugar with low/no sugar pectin. It is amazing thanks for the baseline.

I'm having a hard time. The sugar/berry ratio seems to work well, but the jam won't harden or firm up. I have cooked it twice and even added more pectin. I cooked it down to half the amount of jars, the second time? It still won't firm up. What am I doing wrong?

It was great! Beautiful flavor and color!

I cut it down to 1 cup of sugar per 1.3 cups of strawberries, I will cut it down again. Was very good but still plenty of sugar.

I tripled the recipe. So good everyone loves it.

The only change I made was using raw cane sugar.

I made this recipe yesterday and tried it on croissants this morning. We love it! Perfect texture and taste!

Love this recipe. New canned here. Easito follow, came out a bit sweet for myself and hubs. Will do less sugar next time. It’s very spreadable, and delicious. Thanks for a wonderful recipe