This year strawberry season was a little early. But last week I thought it would be fun to pick my own and make some strawberry jam. So I drove out to GroMore Farm and got busy. I picked for about 75 minutes and ended up with about 22 pounds of strawberries (about 3 of the below containers overflowing). I went a little overboard but once I got started I just kept going. I couldn't resist getting a picture of Little Bird surrounded by all the strawberries. She is definitely "berry cute."
The next day I got busy trying to use them all up. Because we only have the small freezer with our fridge, we don't have the space for freezer jam. So I borrowed the Relief Society's boiling water canner and got busy. You can't double batches (it doesn't mix correctly with the pectin) and 6 batches later I still had a whole large bowl full of strawberries left. I had already made 37 pints of jam (in 49 jars--some were half pints), the house was hot from all the boiling water, and I was tired. So I decided to try some new recipes from the internet to use up the remaining berries.
It was a strawberry sweets buffet. By the end of the three days of canning and baking, my hands and the house smelled like strawberries. I was kind of strawberried out but we were able to share the wealth of strawberry treats with others.
strawberry syrup strawberry jam on bread
strawberry granita strawberry crumble bars
strawberry lemon bars strawberry lemonade muffins
Wow!!! I love that picture of Olivia.. that is so cute!.. She looks so sweet!! How creative.. Also all you strawberry treats. I am so impressed and can't wait to be out there soon to taste them ! Where do you get all your energy?
ReplyDeleteThat picture of Olivia is adorable. And those strawberry lemonade muffins look so yummy - where is the recipe from?
ReplyDeleteWow! You are so ambitious! Those all look so pretty and yummy!
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