Spiced Cranberry Jam

I needed to fill some holiday cookies with jam and since raspberries and apricots weren't in season, I came up with this cranberry jam recipe. It's lightly sweetened, fragrant, and has a beautiful color that complemented the cookies perfectly!

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 70 Calories

Ingredients

• ¾ cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup water
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 orange, zested
• 1 dash ground black pepper
• 1 (12 ounce) bag fresh cranberries
• ½ cup turbinado sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine cranberries, white sugar, turbinado sugar, water, orange zest, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice, and pepper in a large pot over medium heat. Simmer, stirring frequently, until sugar dissolves and cranberries pop, 10 to 12 minutes.

Step 2

Blend cranberry jam into desired consistency using an immersion blender.

Step 3

Pour jam into a glass pint jar; cool until thickened and set, about 1 hour. Seal jar and refrigerate.