For the month of August I am sharing new recipes for preserving fruits (September will be all about vegetables!) and I thought I'd start this mini-series out with a list of the fruit recipes that have already been published on AOC (you can see all the preserving recipes here or in the recipe index). To round them out, I gathered fabulous recipes from other websites that you might find useful as the season's fruit harvest continues.
By August most of us have harvested berries, rhubarb, currants, and the first of the apples. We're starting to see plums, peaches, nectarines, more apples, grapes, and looking forward to fall's pears. No matter what you grow or find at a fruit stand or market, there's a recipe here for you. And remember, many of the recipes can be used for other fruits - for example, jam recipes are easy to substitute other similar fruits and nectarines and peaches are interchangeable. Happy 'putting up!"
Recipes for Preserving Fruit from An Oregon Cottage
Preserving Blueberries (freeze, dry, canned)
Black Currant Juice (great for Italian Sodas)
Recipes from Other Websites
Juice-Sweetened Strawberry Jam @ Grace Garden & Homestead
Raspberry Jam (cooked, no pectin) @ 1929 Charmer Cottage
Canned Strawberry Syrup @ Simplify, Live, Love
Freezing Cherries & Drying Cherries @ Frugal Family Home
Plum & Crabapple Jam (no pectin) @ Nancy on The Homefront
9 Ways to Preserve Apples @ Melissa K Norris
Crockpot Peach Butter @ The Frugal Girls
No-Sugar Canned Peaches @ Happy Money Saver
Pear Crisps (dehydrated) @ My Recipe Book
Canned Pears with Honey & Vanilla @ Simply Canning
Small Batch Grape Jam @ Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice
No Sugar Grape Juice @ Grow A Good Life
Do you have tried and true recipes for preserving fruit? Share the link in the comments! And be sure to follow my Preserving The Harvest board on Pinterest - I'm always pinning recipes like this!
Janie says
Do you have a low sugar blueberry jam recipe?
Jami says
No, but this chia seed blackberry freezer jam is low sugar and works great with blueberries, too: https://anoregoncottage.com/chia-seed-no-cook-blackberry-freezer-jam-recipe/
Deborah says
Jami, just finding this two months later. I am humbled you would include my jam recipe--but also excited to check out some of the others you have up there. Thank you for putting this list together.
Ada Tolliver says
Love your blog! I found this method for freezing apples without them turning
brown. http://countrylife.lehmans.com/simple-trick-keeps-apples-and-pears-fresh-in-freezer/
Jami says
Great tip, Ada - thanks!
Michelle @SimplifyLiveLove says
Thanks for including my strawberry syrup, Jami! This looks like a great list. 🙂
Malia @ Small Town Girl says
Oh my goodness these all sound amazing! I pinned several of yours. What a fantastic collection 🙂
Jami says
Wow, thanks so much, Malia!
Cathy, 1929 Charmer Cottage says
thanks for including my Raspberry Jam in your list. I've already checked out a few of the others and followed your board. Have a great weekend!
Jami says
You're welcome, Cathy - I loved that it was simple and real. 🙂