Spiced Cranberry Jam

Prep time: 10 min

Cook time: 10 min

Servings: 16

Yield: 16 servings

Description

This cranberry jam recipe simmers the tart berries with orange zest, sugar, and warm fall spices. Makes a great filling for holiday cookies and more.

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) bag fresh cranberries

• 3/4 cup white sugar

• 1/2 cup turbinado sugar

• 1/4 cup water

• 1 orange, zested

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1 teaspoon ground ginger

• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

• 1 dash ground black pepper

Directions

1 Combine cranberries, white sugar, turbinado sugar, water, orange zest, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice, and pepper in a large pot over medium heat. Simmer, stirring frequently, until sugar dissolves and cranberries pop, 10 to 12 minutes.

2 Blend cranberry jam into desired consistency using an immersion blender.

3 Pour jam into a glass pint jar; cool until thickened and set, about 1 hour. Seal jar and refrigerate.