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
I’m making it now,tweaked a bit.
1,20 oz can crushed Pineapple,1,thinly sliced Lime,1/2 c water , 2, small jalapeno peppers descended and 3c sugar.
I used blender to do the pineapple and peppers.
Bubbling away,smells amazing! Gonna can it!
I’m making it now,tweaked a bit.
1,20 oz can crushed Pineapple,1,thinly sliced Lime,1/2 c water , 2, small jalapeno peppers descended and 3c sugar.
I used blender to do the pineapple and peppers.
Bubbling away,smells amazing! Gonna can it!
I am going to make this today! You wouldn’t happen to have a fool proof pear preserves recipe, would you?
Oh how fun!I hope you’ll enjoy it. I’m sorry, Tonya, but I don’t have a pear preserves recipe. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever had pear preserves, only pear butter. Now I’m off to look for some. 🙂
Ohhh it’s so good! Sticky fruit has a little tooth to it. Reminds me of candied apples.
Loved the pineapple jam.Brought me back to my childhood.we used to buy it years ago but they took it off the market.it was Robinson’s make.Thankyou so much for your recipe Amy D.
Hi Dawn, I remember it being in the stores when I was a kid too! Can’t even imagine why they stopped making it because Pineapple Jam is the bee’s knees. I’m so happy that this recipe was able to bring back that childhood nostalgia for you. 🙂
Can I use fresh pineapples if so what is the procedure?
If you use this recipe with fresh pineapple it will make a yummy pineapple syrup, but it won’t thicken up into jam. Sorry.
do you have to cool the jam before putting a lid on it ?
Not if you are putting it in a glass canning jar with a screw on lid. Yes if you are putting it into a plastic container.
Hi this recipe looks super easy! just one silly question, do I have to drain the pineapples?
Hi Emily/ Nope, no draining! So simple. 🙂
My wife and I live in Great Britain and have never seen crushed pineapple, we can get either pineapple chunks or pineapple rings in cans, they come in natural juice or sweetened juice, which would be better for your jam as it sound simply divine, suppose we would be able to blend some chunks down and boil them with the Suger, but like I said would it be better to buy chunks in Suger syrup or natural juice for the making of your gorgous sounding pineapple jam. Wait for your reply with great excitement 👍
The pineapple that I use for this is just pineapple in 100% pineapple juice, so I’d go with the natural variety. I think that if you blend the chunks down that it will turn out just great. Hope that you enjoy!
This recipe is amazing and so easy 🙂
I have just made up a batch. I x4 the recipe and added in 1 cup of sugar extra, it’s so yummy and I’m giving them to family for Christmas gifts this year
Oh yay! And you can make cute little covers for the jars. I love it!
This recipe is amazing and so easy 🙂
I have just made up a batch. I x4 the recipe and added in 1 cup of sugar extra, it’s so yummy and I’m giving them to family for Christmas gifts this year
This recipe is amazing and so easy 🙂
I have just made up a batch. I x4 the recipe and added in 1 cup of sugar extra, it’s so yummy and I’m giving them to family for Christmas gifts this year
This recipe is amazing and so easy 🙂
I have just made up a batch. I x4 the recipe and added in 1 cup of sugar extra, it’s so yummy and I’m giving them to family for Christmas gifts this year
This recipe is amazing and so easy 🙂
I have just made up a batch. I x4 the recipe and added in 1 cup of sugar extra, it’s so yummy and I’m giving them to family for Christmas gifts this year
This recipe is amazing and so easy 🙂
I have just made up a batch. I x4 the recipe and added in 1 cup of sugar extra, it’s so yummy and I’m giving them to family for Christmas gifts this year
This recipe is amazing and so easy 🙂
I have just made up a batch. I x4 the recipe and added in 1 cup of sugar extra, it’s so yummy and I’m giving them to family for Christmas gifts this year