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Blueberry Cinnamon Jam

This is my third summer canning jams. When I started I honestly didn’t know what I was doing. Canning wasn’t a foreign concept to me though. Mom canned so many tomatoes and beans when I was growing up. She still does. Hopefully next year will be my year to have a bountiful garden, giving me enough produce to preserve for winter.

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If you are new to canning don’t be intimidated. Go pick up a copy of the best known canning book out there: Blue Book Guide to Preserving by Ball. They are the makers of the canning jar so you’d think they would know a thing or two about canning.

For someone who was so nervous the first time she started canning I have to say that I love making jams. Like really, really. Canning jam allows me to make some for me and my family to enjoy but it also lets me share with friends. A jar of homemade jam would make a wonderful hostess gift. Last year and the year before I listed canning as one of my food goals for the new year. This year I am coming through.

I made this jam last year too but we ate it so quickly I didn’t have any photos to share with you. Blueberry Cinnamon Jam might raise a few eyebrows, especially for the non-adventurous eaters, but trust me on this these two work so well together. There is only a tiny bit of cinnamon in the entire batch. Just a nice background flavor. My daughters went through this so fast last year for school lunches I made a double batch this year and I am contemplating on canning some more this week just in case we finish it before the end of the school year.

Canning does require a few supplies specifically half pint jars, lids, and jar rings. You can read more about canning supplies on my Strawberry Vanilla Bean Jam post. 

Blueberry Cinnamon Jam

canning, preserving

Comments

  1. I tried making strawberry jam last summer and it was a disaster because I had no idea what I was doing. I wish I knew of this book!! Thank you for the a) easy recipe and b) suggestion of where to start 😉

  2. Oh, I’ve never tried canning before. I really need to have a go. The colour of those blues is incredible! They’re so perfect right now. I bet this would be AMAZING on toast/everything. Yum!

  3. Yummmm. I use to make lots of jams. Never with cinnamon tho. Sounds intersting to add to blueberries. Do you add cinnamon to other jams too?

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