2009 Canning Adventures - The Bread Experience

It’s almost time to say goodbye to 2009 and begin a new year. I’m so excited. I began my canning adventures this year and I’ve had so much fun. During my 2009 canning adventures, I canned several different kinds of jams, marmalades, pickles, and salsa throughout the Summer and Fall. I thought you might enjoy seeing the fruits of my labor.

Here is what my jam supply looked like before Christmas. (The photo doesn’t include any of the pickles or salsa I made or the refrigerator jam).

I could almost open a store with all of these jars. Now there’s an idea! Actually, I gave most of these away as Christmas presents along with some delicious breads. However, I did keep some of each kind of jam for my canning supply.

This is what my supply of jams looks like now. Not to worry! I’ll be replenishing my supply soon enough.

Here is a list of the jams I made from August – December 2009. I’ve included a link to the ones I posted on the blog in case you would like to try some of them for yourself. I’ll be posting more soon. Stay tuned…

Apple Butter
Apple Pie Jam
Apple Preserves
Applesauce
Autumn Cranberry Pear Jam
Blackberry Jam
Christmas Marmalade
Citrus Marmalade (my favorite!)
Cranapple Butter
Cranberry Grapefruit Jam
Easiest Marmalade Ever
Peach Butter
Peach Preserves
Pear Butter
Pear Pineapple Jam
Pumpkin Butter (I didn’t can this one for storage. It went in the refrigerator.)
Strawberry Freezer Jam
Tangerine Marmalade

I had so much fun canning in 2009. I’m looking forward to 2010. Beginning in January, I’ll be participating in the tigress’ Can Jam. We’ll be making jams every month for a whole year. As you can imagine, my jam supply will grow very quickly.

The tigress’ Can Jam begins Jan 1st. I can’t wait! You can follow my progress on this blog. You might even want to make some of the jams yourself.

Happy Canning and Baking from The Bread Experience!

Have a Happy and Blessed New Year!

Comments

Cristie says

December 29, 2009 at 3:34 pm

Beautiful preserves! I’m overwhelmed. I do some canning, but you are a Queen Bee. Happy 2010.

Cathy (breadexperience) says

December 29, 2009 at 4:34 pm

Thank you Cristie! I did go a little canning crazy this year. Probably need to tone it down a bit in 2010. But I sure had fun!

tigress says

December 30, 2009 at 12:43 am

hi cathy!

wow! you’re a master canner already! only two more days until the can jam starts – i can’t wait either!

oh, and remember…tigress’ can jam is not just for jamming, it’s about pickling too! 🙂

see you soon!

Cathy (breadexperience) says

December 30, 2009 at 1:41 am

Cool! We get to pickle too! Yea!

Catalina says

January 4, 2010 at 12:44 am

Nice canning!
I can’t wait to see what you make for the CanJam!

Cathy (breadexperience) says

January 4, 2010 at 1:53 am

Thanks Catalina! I’m going to try making some marmalade I saw on another blog. You’ll have to wait to find out what it is. 😉

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