Pineapple Jam
Bright and sunny. Sweet and tart. Bits of juicy pineapple in every bite. If you’ve never made jam before in your life, this pineapple jam is the place to start. 20 minutes. 2 ingredients. It’s practically impossible to screw up.
Need a little spring in your step? Homemade pineapple jam is sure to brighten up your morning, it’s like sunshine on toast.
A couple years ago I inherited all my grandmother’s canning supplies. I went through a jam/jelly/canning bonanza. I made and home-canned everything I could; salsa, pickles, cherry habanero jam, hot pepper jelly, peach butter, apple butter, pumpkin butter, apple sauce, gooseberry jam, banana jam, kiwi jelly…so much jam and jelly!
I learned 2 things during this process:
- If you don’t have your own garden and grow your own produce, canning can get pretty expensive. Especially if you have to go out and buy all the jars, lids, and seals to get started.
- I learned that I don’t really have the pantry space to store that much jam and jelly! I ended up giving most of it away. (And most people kept the jars, see point 1.)
So while I still do enjoy jam and jelly making, I’ve moved from the old fashioned recipes that make enough for an army, to recipes like this one that make smaller batches because it’s more practical for me.
Today’s pineapple jam recipe tastes just 20 minutes and makes one jar. I actually really love that because that makes it really accessible. Singles, empty-nesters, college students, any one can use one jar of jam. There’s no special equipment needed and it costs less than a dollar to make.
20 minutes and less than a dollar, you couldn’t even get to the grocery store to buy jam that quick or that cheap.
Pineapple Jam
Ingredients
- 1 8 ounce can crushed pineapple (, with juice)
- 3/4 cup white sugar
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, bring the pineapple and sugar to a boil.
- Boil for 20 minutes, stirring often, until the jam is thickened.
- Pour into a clean 8 oz jar.
Nutrition
Amy the photos are gorgeous. Your rental has definitely paid off. Might I ask what set up you are using?
On to the recipe, I love pineapples. Haven’t made jam before because the task seemed so daunting. Your easy and small batch recipe makes sense to me. It’s just me and my husband at home. So no armies to feed.
Cheers!
Amy the photos are gorgeous. Your rental has definitely paid off. Might I ask what set up you are using?
On to the recipe, I love pineapples. Haven’t made jam before because the task seemed so daunting. Your easy and small batch recipe makes sense to me. It’s just me and my husband at home. So no armies to feed.
Cheers!
Amy the photos are gorgeous. Your rental has definitely paid off. Might I ask what set up you are using?
On to the recipe, I love pineapples. Haven’t made jam before because the task seemed so daunting. Your easy and small batch recipe makes sense to me. It’s just me and my husband at home. So no armies to feed.
Cheers!
Amy the photos are gorgeous. Your rental has definitely paid off. Might I ask what set up you are using?
On to the recipe, I love pineapples. Haven’t made jam before because the task seemed so daunting. Your easy and small batch recipe makes sense to me. It’s just me and my husband at home. So no armies to feed.
Cheers!
I have never made jam or anything canned before but always wanted to try! This sounds delicious. I am sure all your friends/family were happy to make space for all your jams and jellies!
Yes, they were. And I think that some of them have missed me doing it. There are still a couple I make in bulk every year and can, but I’ve definitely narrowed it down to just the favorites, which right now are habanero cherry and gooseberry. I’ve got a boy that is in love with gooseberry jam and eats every jar I make pretty much by all by himself!
How do you make gooseberry jam
Shirley, the how-to on gooseberry jam would be a whole new post! Luckily I have some gooseberries in my freezer that I’ve been meaning to make jam with. I’ll get to them as soon as I can and get that on the blog for you.
This looks delicious and sounds so easy. I love the packaging on your jam jar too 🙂
Thanks Jill. Would you believe that I just had all the supplies to decorate the jar sitting around? It was totally a spur of the moment thing, oh hey, I’ll decorate the jar with this stuff. It couldn’t have worked out better if I’d planned it.
This looks delicious and sounds so easy. I love the packaging on your jam jar too 🙂
This looks delicious and sounds so easy. I love the packaging on your jam jar too 🙂
This looks delicious and sounds so easy. I love the packaging on your jam jar too 🙂
This looks delicious and sounds so easy. I love the packaging on your jam jar too 🙂
This looks delicious and sounds so easy. I love the packaging on your jam jar too 🙂
This looks delicious and sounds so easy. I love the packaging on your jam jar too 🙂
This looks delicious and sounds so easy. I love the packaging on your jam jar too 🙂
This looks delicious and sounds so easy. I love the packaging on your jam jar too 🙂
Swoon! I’ve never liked pineapple but this looks divine! Gorgeous photos, too! xoxoxo
Colleen, I finally buckled down and rented some camera lenses to try out last week! This jam was one of the things I tried the lenses out on. I couldn’t believe how much I loved the lens I used to take these pictures and will be purchasing it as soon as possible. Thanks for noticing.