Jello Recipes
Easy Strawberry Jam Recipe with Jello
If you are looking for a great recipe for strawberry jam, what about making our strawberry jam recipe with jello? This is an extremely easy jello recipe, featuring just three ingredients, and you can use whatever flavor of jello you like. If you haven't made jam before, don't worry, because this is one of the best strawberry jam recipes and also one of the simplest, no matter how amateur or professional your cooking skills are.
If you grow your own strawberries, what better way to preserve the wonderful flavor of your homegrown fruit than make jello, which will last for months and can also be given as a gift? Strawberry jello jam is rich, flavorful, and very versatile. You can use it in all kinds of recipes.
You do not have to make homemade strawberry jam recipes either. Perhaps you would like to make apricot jam, blackberry jam, blueberry jam or another kind. In that case, simply substitute whichever fruit and whichever flavor of jello appeals to you the most. Strawberry jello jam is great on toast or in sandwiches, alone or with peanut butter. Jello strawberry jam is also very nice spread over crepes or pancakes with chopped nuts and cream.
Best Recipe for Strawberry Jello Jam
Ingredients -
4 cups strawberries, hulled
3 cups sugar
1 small package strawberry jello
Preparation:
Stir the strawberries and sugar over a low medium heat until the sugar dissolves.
Turn the heat up to medium and boil the mixture for 10 minutes.
Remove it from the heat and stir in the jello powder, stirring until the jello dissolves.
Let the strawberry jello jam cool and pour it into containers.
Freeze it until you are ready to use it, then thaw it and keep it refrigerated.
(Makes 3 Jars)
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What a wonderful gift homemade jello jam is. You can make it as sweet as you like, pour it into sterilized jars, and use a pretty square of material to top the lid. Homemade food makes great gifts and you could even make a hamper with wine, cheese, nuts, chocolate, and a couple of jars of one of the best strawberry jam recipes ever. This is a very economical gift. Make sure you make extra strawberry jello jam though - it is too delicious to give every jar away!
Using Strawberry Jello Jam
If you make a recipe for strawberry jam with jello, there are all kinds of ways to use it. Jam is great on toast or in sandwiches with peanut butter. You can use it on pancakes or crepes. Strawberry jello jam can also be melted over a low heat, combined with fresh berries, and used to top a cheesecake or pie. Homemade strawberry jam recipes are wonderfully versatile as well as usually easy to make.
Why Make Jam at Home?
You might wonder why you would want to make your own jam when you can buy it cheaply enough, but homemade jam has an extra special flavor. Making jam with jello means it is guaranteed to have a great consistency and an amazing taste too. You can also make extra jam, put it in pretty jars with decorative lids, and give it as a gift.
