This home-canned blackberry mango jam is great on bread, pancakes, waffles, or ice cream (plus any number of other items your family loves).

Canning my own jam allows me far more variety than I would ever find in our local grocery store. Not to mention, I know every ingredient put into it. With that in mind today I am providing you a recipe and tutorial for canning berry cherry jam.

Blackberry preserves are whole fruit preserved in a sweet syrup and can be used for a great number of sweet treats. Blackberry preserves are great on pancakes, waffles, ice cream, and any number of other food items you would eat with syrup. My teenage daughter really likes to dip cheese sticks in it or use it on salads or wraps.

My grandmother was famous for her dilly beans. She loved to make them and we loved to eat them. She would make anywhere from a mild to a super spicy pickled green bean. I like to go somewhere in the middle with my favorite pepper; chipotle. It is mildly hot with a smoky flavor and somehow still manages to be a little sweet.

I like to preserve whole blackberries by canning them because my freezer space is often limited and basic canned blackberries make a great ingredient for so many things.

This Vanilla Blackberry Jam without Pectin recipe is another great addition to my pantry.

This apricot preserve makes for a great topping for pancakes, waffles, ice cream, and any number of other syrup-worthy items.

For a quick appetizer, spread cream cheese and this sweet spiced apricot date chutney on top of small slices of rye bread. It’s also lovely with baked ham and turkey breast.

Adding the ginger and vanilla makes for an interesting, delightful flavor in this apricot ginger jam that just rolls around in your mouth. When I first tried this new combination I had no idea the new dimensions of taste this would open up.

The mild fruity taste of apricots makes for a fabulous base for this sweet, tangy, spicy, and smoky Chipotle Apricot Sauce.

The vinegar is the base flavor with the sweetness of the grape juice and apricots mellowing the taste and adding to the flavor.

Cherries make a fabulous sweet jam but adding the spices in this spiced cherry jam recipe brings it to a whole new level.

Homemade Cherry Preserves are a simple, sweet way to preserve your cherries.

Cherries are such a great fruit and make a truly fabulous sweet cherry jam.

Sweet cherry pie is one of the joys of summer. What a great thing to be able to eat all year long.

I love to can cherries because freezer space is often limited at my house and a basic canned cherry is so easy to add to my long-term food storage.

Between the sweet flavors of the citrus and strawberries with the sour rhubarb and the beautiful colors, it is wonderful.

Strawberry and rhubarb are such a lovely combination.

I have a particular fondness for Rhubarb Conserve. The sweet with savory combinations in this recipe are intriguing and offer bursts of flavors.

The differences between reusable and disposable canning lids can make a difference in how well your processed jars seal.