Strawberry-Vanilla Freezer Jam

All you do is mash the strawberries, add sugar, lemon juice, vanilla, and pectin--and you've got fresh, delicious strawberry freezer jam!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 15 mins
• Calories: 28 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
• 1 ½ pounds fresh strawberries
• 3 tablespoons instant pectin

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Wash, hull, and coarsely chop strawberries in a large glass, ceramic, or stainless steel bowl. Mash with a potato masher to a fine texture, 1 or 2 minutes. Add sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla bean paste. Stir well and let stand until berries have released some of their juice, about 30 minutes. Add pectin, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring until well combined after each addition. Let stand 5 minutes to activate pectin.

Step 2

Spoon jam into clean, wide-mouth, half-pint jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Wipe rims clean with a damp paper towel. Loosely apply clean lids and set jars in freezer. Freeze completely, about 5 hours.

Step 3

Tighten lids. Store in freezer up to 1 year or in fridge up to 1 month.