Easy freezer strawberry jam recipe

It’s strawberry season! A friend recently shared her strawberry freezer jam recipe (and how unbelievably easy it was), and I knew I had to try it!

We picked strawberries on a gorgeous day here in the Midwest:

It was a big-fat-white-clouds-in-a-perfectly-blue-sky kind of day – lovely!!

We put the kids to work picking the berries:

And took home a ton to start the jam recipe. Making this jam is SO incredibly easy!

I got extra just in case, and ended up with about five pounds of berries (but did not need all of it):

After rinsing and cutting off the stems, I used a potato masher to smash up the berries to two cups (smashed):

I didn’t even chop up the strawberries first. I had to start with about 2.5 cups (maybe a little more) of berries to get the two cups smashed.

Then, add to the mashed berries FOUR cups of sugar:

Yes, that is only two. Add FOUR. I had to force myself to pour it all in. But I hear it’s totally worth it in the end so just close your eyes and POUR. 🙂

Mix it all together, and keep mixing for about ten minutes:

Take a package of Sure Jell and mix it with 3/4 cup of water on the stove:

 

After it starts boiling, let it boil for one minute. Keep stirring!:

Take the mixture off the stove, add it to your berries and sugar mixture, and stir for about three minutes.

Then take your cute little jelly jars:

And fill them up, about a half inch from the top of the can:

  

Let them sit at room temperature for 24 hours, then you can freeze them.

I plan to bring them to cook outs and Fourth of July parties throughout the summer as gifts to the hostess – maybe with some yummy bread on the side.

Have you tried homemade strawberry jam? I had no idea it was so easy!

Here’s an image you can pin for later:

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