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Canning Recipes

Even for those of us that are well-versed in the kitchen, canning can be intimidating. Beginning canners often have a lot of questions. Is it hard? Is it messy? Am I going to mess up and make my family sick?

But I promise, once you know the basics, canning is a safe, easy, and fun way to preserve the bounty of summer (either from your own garden or from local farmers). You can can!

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Two home canned jars of sweet relish stand on a counter with fresh pickles around them.

Sweet Pickle Relish Recipe

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How to Freeze Peaches

A fork rests across the top of an open canning jar, a pickled beet slice speared on the end of it.

How To Make Canned Pickled Beets

Three half-pint jars of berry jam stand on a wooden cutting board with fresh berries around them.

Simple Blueberry Jam Recipe

Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam

Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam

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The Best Homemade Dill Pickles

A single jar of canned tomato sauce stands surrounded by fresh tomatoes and basil.

The Ultimate Guide to Canning Tomato Sauce

A pint jar of canned peach halves and a half-pint of canned peach slices stand side by side on a red and white kitchen linen.

Canning Peaches: A Beginner’s Guide (Slices and Halves)

An open jar of preserves stands with a wooden spoon dipped into it.

Gingered Pear Preserves Recipe

Three jars of onion jam stand on a wooden board, the jar in front is open and has a wooden spoon in it.

Red Onion and Port Jam

A small wooden spoon rests in an open pint jar of bourbon peach jam.

The Tastiest Bourbon Peach Jam Recipe

A spoon sticks out of an open jar of pineapple salsa. A halved papaya and a whole pineapple are in the background

Pineapple Papaya Chili Salsa

A trio of half-pint jars of black raspberry jam, two stacked on top of one another with fresh raspberries and leaves around them.

How to Make Black Raspberry Jam

Fresh green jalapeno peppers and a wooden spoon rest beside a jar of pepper jelly.

Jalapeño Pepper Jelly Recipe

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How to Make Homemade Pomegranate Jelly

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24+ Things to Do With Apples (Preserving & Cooking)

A jar of finished apple butter stands with cinnamon sticks and whole apples around it.

Instant Pot Apple Butter Recipe

A spoon scoops apple pie filling from a Ball canning jar.

Step-by-Step Guide to Canning Apple Pie Filling

A jar of canned whole tomatoes sits atop a kitchen linen surround by fresh tomatoes.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Canning Whole Tomatoes

A jar of peach jam sits on a folded dishtowel, surrounded by fresh peaches

Easy Peach Jam Recipe

Two full canning jars of spaghetti sauce surrounded by fresh garlic, tomatoes, and herbs.

Tried-and-True Recipe for Canning Spaghetti Sauce

A jar of canned dilly beans sits on a dish towel surrounded by fresh dill and additional raw beans

Dilly Beans Recipe

Strawberry jam in a closed and capped jar. A fresh strawberry sits on top of the lid, and two more berries are next to the jar.

How to Make Strawberry Jam Without Pectin

Close-up of a canned jar of apple jelly next to a fresh apple.

How to Can Apple Jelly (Just 4 Ingredients!)

Three jars of canned applesauce stacked in a pyramid.

How to Can Homemade Applesauce

A glass of homemade strawberry wine sits next to a bowl of fresh strawberries.

How to Make Fruit Wines + Strawberry Wine Recipe

Two pint-sized Ball jars filled with canning salsa sit on a wooden cutting board with fresh cilantro, jalapeño, and tomatoes around them.

Canning Salsa

Hand holding a glass jar of canned diced tomatoes.

How to Can Diced Tomatoes

Close-up of full quart jar of canned bread and butter pickles on a wooden cutting board with fresh pickles beside it.

How to Make Bread and Butter Pickles (Canning or Refrigerator)

Four stacks of mason jars of various sizes, all filled with canned goods.

Water Bath Canning 101 (With Easy Canning Recipes)

Three jars filled with mixed berry agave jam stacked in a pyramid with fresh berries in front.

How to Can Mixed Berry Jam (Naturally Sweetened with Agave)

Open jar of Salted Cantaloupe Jam, with a halved cantaloupe behind

Salted Cantaloupe Jam

Side angle shot of Homestyle Corn Relish in glass mason jars, ready for canning

Homestyle Corn Relish – Canned