8 Easy Homemade Jams & Preserves

This jam has the great flavor of raspberries without all the seeds—and it’s more exciting than plain strawberry.

Recipe: Strawberry Raspberry Jam

For a full-textured jam with big spoonfuls of berries, mash the fruit coarsely. Lime subs for the usual lemon, adding a nice zing.

Recipe: Blackberry Lime Jam

Peppercorns play up the plums’ natural spiciness without adding too much heat.

Recipe: Spiced Plum Jam

The rhubarb gives the cherries a slightly savory depth.

Recipe: Cherry Rhubarb Jam

Alice Cyr of Bellingham, Washington, says this combination is "more delicate and less seedy than raspberry jam alone, with more pizzazz than plain peach."

Recipe: Peach-Raspberry Jam

Susan Johnson of Palo Alto, California, flavors her peaches with sweet spices and peppercorns.

Recipe: Spiced Peaches

This sweet-tart spread has the bright flavor of raspberries, with just enough blackberries for a rich undertone.

Recipe: Raspberry Blackberry Jam

Recipe: Golden Fruit Conserve

Sher Bird Garfield of Bellevue, Washington, serves her conserve (a jam containing nuts) with scones, in crêpes, and over ice cream.

Recipe: Apple-Ginger Chutney

Celeste Adams of Claremont, California, saves her chutney for holiday gifts.

More:

Plum-Raspberry Jam
Sweet Red Pepper Jam
Four Pepper-Apple Jelly
Apricot-Raspberry Jam
Pear Chutney
Blueberry Chutney
Apricot-Almond Chutney