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Canning elderberry peach jam. Elderberries and peaches are the perfect combination for a delicious summer jam. Step by step canning recipe for beginning canners. Canning elderberry peach jam. Elderberries and peaches are the perfect combination for a delicious summer jam. Step by step canning recipe for beginning canners.

If you are fortunate to live near a place where you can pick wild elderberries, then you are in for a real treat. Elderberries are pretty sour on their own, but when you combine them with peaches, they turn into a really sweet treat. And, canning elderberry peach jam is easier than you think.  …

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Canning homemade applesauce. How to make and can homemade applesauce from apples picked straight from the tree. Canning homemade applesauce. How to make and can homemade applesauce from apples picked straight from the tree.

How to Can Applesauce I’ve been waiting for apples to be in season. Here in the Pacific Northwest, we live in the Apple Capital of the world. Every year I can’t wait to start canning applesauce. It’s one of my favorite apple canning recipes. This week I drove out to one of our local produce…

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These blackberry pie bars are an easy, delicious summer dessert to make from fresh blackberries. These blackberry pie bars are an easy, delicious summer dessert to make from fresh blackberries.

I have been spending the past week picking wild blackberries. Lots and lots of blackberries. There are lots of things you can make from blackberries. Pies and blackberry syrup are two of my favorite. I recently stumbled across a recipe for these blackberry pie bars and I decided to give them a try. They’re wonderful,…

Read More The Best Blackberry Pie Bars – Juicy, Sweet & Perfectly Crumbly

Easy recipe for canning plum jelly. Learn how to make jelly like a pro, just like grandma did. Easy recipe for canning plum jelly. Learn how to make jelly like a pro, just like grandma did.

How to Can Plum Jelly If you or someone you know has a plum tree, then you are probably trying to decide what to do with all those plums!  I’ve tried making plum jam, spiced plum jam, and even Chinese plum sauce before, but for some reason my family doesn’t like all the big chunks of…

Read More Sweet and Tangy Canning Recipe: Homemade Plum Jelly!

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