Honey Sweetened Strawberry Vanilla Jam

This honey sweetened strawberry vanilla jam is at once full of warming flavor and bright sweet summer. It’s quick and easy making it an ideal spring and summer preservation project.

This batch makes just 6 half pints making it perfect for having jars on hand for your home as well as a jar or two to give away for gifts later.

Pectin

Strawberries are a low pectin fruit and will need help setting into a jam. Generally, recipes add tons of sugar to help fruit set but I wanted to avoid that here to let the strawberries shine, so I chose to add some Pomona’s Pectin to get the jam to set.

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Alternatively, you could cook until the berries reach gel point – about 20 minutes or so. Choose what your time and energy level allows.

Naturally Sweetened

Strawberries tend to be sweet enough on their own. However, a touch of honey does add sweetness and the flavor compliments ripe berries so very well.

The result is a light sweet jam that isn’t overpowering with just sugar.

Floating Strawberries

Strawberries will sometimes float to the top of the jar as the jars cool.

This is completely normal and happens often in strawberry jam of any kind. Just give it a stir when you open the jar prior to spreading.

Want a jam that skips the floating berries? Try my Strawberry Maple Jam in which everything is pureed together.

Learn more about making jam and get more recipes in my Fiercely DIY Guide to Jams, Jellies, and Fruit Butters.

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