{"id":3898,"date":"2026-03-16T16:38:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralarticles.it.com\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:38:23","slug":"homemade-christmas-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralarticles.it.com\/?p=3898","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Christmas Jam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"mv-create-ingredients-title mv-create-title-secondary\"><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>12 Oz Cranberries (fresh or frozen, thaw first if frozen)<\/li>\n<li>1 Orange, peeled and sectioned<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoon Orange Zest, from the peel<\/li>\n<li>16 Oz Fresh or FrozenStrawberries (thaw if you use frozen)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon Ground Cloves<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon Ground Cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon Allspice<\/li>\n<li>4 Cup Sugar, pure cane is best<\/li>\n<li>1 \u2013 1.75 Oz Package Powder Fruit Pectin<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd Cup Water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"mv-create-instructions-title mv-create-title-secondary\"><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol data-slot-rendered-recipe=\"true\">\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_1\">Wash jars, lids, and rings. Fill jars \u2154rds full of water and place in water-bath canner. Fill with water. Put canner on stove over medium-high heat to sterilize jars while you make the jam.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_2\">Place lids in a small saucepan covered with water. Boil over medium-high heat while you make the jam. Set rings to the side, they don\u2019t need sterilized.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_3\">Place cranberries and sectioned orange into a blender. You just want them coarsely chopped. My blender has a food chop option, and I use that.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_4\">Add in the strawberries, orange zest and spices. Stir a bit in the blender to make sure they get mixed a little. Blend until everything is chopped fine. You don\u2019t want it pureed.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_5\">Stir fruit mixture and water together in a 5 qt stock pot.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_6\">Stir in fruit pectin and add your \u00bd teaspoon of butter (this reduces foaming).<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_7\">Bring the mixture to a rolling boil over high heat, stir constantly.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_8\">Add sugar to the mixture. Return to full rolling boil. Boil exactly 1 minute.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_9\">Remove from heat. Using a metal spoon, skim off any foam.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_10\">Immediately ladle hot jam into prepared jars. Leaving \u00bc\u201d headspace.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_11\">Wipe rims and threads. Center lid. Place ring on just finger tight. Place jars back in canner.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_12\">When all the jars are filled, fill canner with water until jars are covered with 2\u2033.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_13\">Cover canner. Bring to a boil. Process for 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_14\">Turn off heat. Uncover canner. Allow jars to sit for 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_15\">Remove jars to a towel-lined counter and leave undisturbed for 24 hours before checking seal.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_19_16\">Check for proper seal. If any didn\u2019t seal, place in the refrigerator and use within 2 weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"fpm_end\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-15\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients 12 Oz Cranberries (fresh or frozen, thaw first if frozen) 1 Orange, peeled and sectioned 2 teaspoon Orange Zest, from the peel 16 Oz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-viral-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralarticles.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralarticles.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralarticles.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralarticles.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralarticles.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/viralarticles.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3900,"href":"https:\/\/viralarticles.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions\/3900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralarticles.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralarticles.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralarticles.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralarticles.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}