Have you ever made a Sweet Cherry Vanilla Jam?
If you are lucky enough to live where the cherries are aplenty I advise you to print this Cherry Jam recipe out. It is one of the best canning recipes I make.
Tape it somewhere that you will not forget about it when the cherries come into season!
A few years ago I made a very delicious pear vanilla jam recipe by way of a great canning website Food in Jars.
It was the first time I had ever added vanilla to a jam recipe. At the time I made and after the very first taste of the Pear Vanilla Jam I fell in love.
I have been making jams for well over 20 years at the time and I pretty much only made the basic jam recipes.
Strawberry jam, blackberry jam, and jalapeno jam were the flavors of jams I would make over and over again each year.
I loved those jam flavors and so did most of the family and anyone I ever shared a jar or two with.
Occasionally I would mix things up by making a mixed berry batch.
One year I made a peach jalapeno That was really good. I love the hot and sweet flavor of a pepper jelly.
Working with jalapeno's can be hazardous to your health so take caution when handling the hot peppers or you may end up like I did in agony.
You will only make this mistake once. Take my word for it or you can read about my jalapeno experience here on my Jalapeno Jelly post.
Since I have been making jam in the Ball Jam & Jelly maker I have made two batches of vanilla flavored jam.
I can't see my obsession stopping any time soon. This recipe is adapted from the Sweet Cherry Jam recipe on the Ball Fresh Preserving website.
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Sweet Cherry Vanilla Jam
Ingredients
- 2 ⅔ cups crushed frozen sweet cherries (about 2 lbs)
- 3 Tbsp Ball® RealFruit® Classic Pectin
- 2 Tbsp bottled lemon juice
- ½ tsp butter or margarine
- 3 ⅓ cups granulated sugar
- 1 vanilla bean
Instructions
- Thaw and crush cherries, measure and set aside.
- Measure remaining ingredients and set aside.
- Sprinkle pectin even over the bottom of the jam maker..
- Add cherries, lemon juice and butter to the jam maker.
- Cut the vanilla bean in half then split each half and scrape bean. Add vanilla bean seeds and pods to the jam maker.
- Press the enter button. When the jam maker issues four beeps add sugar and cover with the lid.
- Jam will cook for about 21 minutes in the jam and jelly maker. Once the jam is done cooking fill jars accordingly and process in a hot water bath.
Nutrition
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Lori
I just bought a ton of fresh cherries at my local farmers market, how do I substitute then into this recipe?
Thanks!
Arlene Mobley
Lori
Pit your fresh cherries, crush them and measure out 2 2/3 cups of crushed fresh cherries.
Lori
Thanks sweetie,
Huggies 😉
Arlene Mobley
You are very welcome!
Kari
do you have directions for traditional jam (not in the machine?)
thanks
kari
Flour On My Face
Kari
I have never used the powdered pectin in a traditional batch of jam. You could probably follow the directions for a batch of cherry jam for the powdered pectin but use my ingredient list and cook it in a pot.
Nikki
Yum, really great post. Thanks for sharing. I might try my hand at this during the summer time. My {soon to be} mom in law does it and she makes it look so easy!
Nikki
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