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    Canning and Condiments

    Southern shortcut recipes for jams, jellies, pickles, and more—whether you're water-bath canning, freezer preserving, or whipping up quick fridge favorites.”

    • Honey in tiny pitcher with white honey dripper dripping honey in pitcher. Dried chile peppers on a blue surface
      Homemade Hot Honey Recipe
    • Four jars of pickled cucumbers sit on a table.
      Easy Dill Pickles for Canning
    • Sweet heat pickles and onion in old fashioned mason jar.
      Shortcut Sweet Heat Pickles and Onions
    • Swirled butter in a blue bowl.
      How to Make Butter in a Jar
    • Jars of jalapeno pepper jelly stacked in window.
      Freezer Jalapeno Pepper Jelly
    • A small open jar of fig jam with a little spoon in it with a fresh fig half leaned on it.
      Fig Jam Recipe (Slow Cooker)
    • A white bowl of candied jalapenos with tiny fork in it next to a jar of cowboy candy with jalapeno peppers on the surface.
      Candied Jalapeños (Cowboy Candy)
    • Square featured image of pear butter spread on triangular pieces of toast with two mason jars of pear butter in the background.
      Easy Crockpot Pear Butter
    • Pouring blackberry syrup over a stack of pancakes on a white plate
      Blackberry Simple Syrup
    • Spoonful of homemade persimmon jam resting on a jar with hachiya persimmon jam spread on toast with a fuyu sliced persimmon next to it.
      Persimmon Jam
    • Spoonful of cranberry pepper jelly resting on top of a jar of jelly beside a plate of biscuits and jars of jelly with a jalapeno pepper in the front.
      Cranberry Pepper Jelly
    • Brown sugar caramel glaze drizzling out of measuring cup onto a bundt cake.
      Caramel Glaze and Sauce
    • Easy Pickled okra in flour jars on red striped kitchen towel.
      Easy Crisp Pickled Okra
    • Cornbread muffin cut in half with butter and peach pepper jelly spread on it.
      Easy Peach Pepper Jelly
    • Basil pesto with walnuts in white bowl with spoon and oil in background.
      Pesto Sauce with Walnuts
    • glass bowl filled with sliced cucumbers and onions in vinegar
      Cucumber and Onions in Vinegar
    • Image of fish tacos in a taco holder designed like a cow with a sombrero.
      Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa
    • Spoonful of apple butter coming up out of a small Mason jar with apples in background.
      Easy Slow Cooker Apple Butter
    • Close up image of crostini topped with cream cheese and instant pot bacon jam on a white platter
      Instant Pot Bacon Jam
    • scuppernong jelly in jar with slice of crusty bread covered in jelly
      Small Batch Scuppernong Grape Jelly
    • Metal spoon with comeback sauce dripping into white bowl with chicken nuggets on surface.
      Comeback Sauce Recipe
    • A glass bottle of apple cider vinegar salad dressing with a red basket of apples set alongside.
      Apple Cider Vinegar Salad Dressing
    • Pecan praline sauce drizzled on vanilla ice cream in a glass dish with glass sauce pitcher behind it.
      Easy Pecan Praline Sauce
    • open jar of pickled red onions with a fork set on top of jar scooping out some pickles.
      Quick Pickled Red Onions (No Cook)
    • strawberry freezer jam in old fashioned clamp jar with peach and strawberry-blueberry jam in the background
      Easy Strawberry Freezer Jam
    • Blackberry Pepper Jelly with white spoonful balancing on top sitting on purple cloth.
      Freezer Blackberry Pepper Jelly
    • Peach Freezer Jam in old fashioned glass jar with wire clamp. Strawberry jam in background.
      Peach Freezer Jam
    • 5 Easy Fig Recipes with text overlay
      5 Easy Fig Recipes
    • Fig and Lemon preserves on a bagel with cream cheese and jar of preserves in background
      Easy Fig and Lemon Preserves
    • Close up cranberry salsa spilling out from metal spoon on white surface next to mini muffin size cornbread dressings
      Easy Cranberry-Apple-Jalapeno Salsa
    • Cinnamon Candy Christmas Pickles are a vibrant red color. I made them in sticks from large cucumbers and cinnamon red hot candies.
      Cinnamon Candy Christmas Pickles
    • red salad dressing in a glass cruet next to a white plate of salad
      Halfway Homemade Black Raspberry (or Blackberry) Vinaigrette

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