Rainier cherries are a real treat, but they have such a short season. Homemade rainier cherry jam allows you to preserve their unique flavor and enjoy it all year round. It’s very different from most cherry jams, and tastes bright, with notes of citrus. It almost tastes more like apricot jam than cherry, but that’s still not quite right. Rainier cherry jam is something you have to really taste to understand, but that’s easy enough because it only takes a few minutes to make at home.

This is my first year canning cherries. I've always wondered what I would do with sweet cherries or if we would even like them canned. I had a 1/2 box that I picked up from a local mennonite store that I thought we would eat fresh, but my canning curiosity got the best of me so in the jars they went....well, that is after I took all the pits out. No cherry pitter here, so if we do like them canned a cherry-pitter will be necessary....It took forever to get those pits out! Here's my pot of…

This is my first year canning cherries. I've always wondered what I would do with sweet cherries or if we would even like them canned. I h...

I wrote this article to share this low sugar, no pectin, simple cherry jam recipe. It's so easy, and it’s great to have delicious jam with less sugar! This is hard for me to admit, but I do not like making jams. I do not like canning, either. As a homesteader, aren't you supposed to know how to ma

I don't often can with Rainier cherries because they are fragile and expensive (and truly, I love eating them without any embellishments). However, I managed to get out to Rowand's Farm in New Jersey this

Pickled Rainier Cherries - By the Pounds

When cherries are in season, life is good. And when Rainier cherries are in season, it's even better. And when you find them for $1.99 a pound? Some produce manager must have made a mistake. When I saw big bags of flawless Rainier cherries, I bought a whole lot - so many that we could never eat…

I had a lot of Rainier cherries that needed to be used right away and some strawberries in the freezer that I thought would help them make a great jam - and it did! This jam is now one of my kids favorites! I used really sweet Strawberries, so if your strawberries aren't as sweet you might want to add more sugar. Prep time doesn't include direction 1 (time to thaw strawberries and pit cherries - I usually do that the night before).

Make batches of this cherry jam and you can a taste of summer through all four seasons.