I love having jam around the house. There are so many fun ways to use it, from classics like a pb&j to mixing it into my homemade greek yogurt to mix up the flavors.

It’s actually very easy to make your own jams and they make such a nice homemade gift. Whether you are planning on making jam for yourself or to share among friends, this delicious raspberry and apple jam is an amazing place to start!

Apple and Raspberry Jam Ingredients

It only takes a few ingredients to whip together this raspberry apple jam. You’ll need:

• Green Apples
• Raspberries (I use frozen)
• Sugar
• Lemon Juice
• Vanilla Extract (Optional)

How To Make Apple Raspberry Jam

Making apple raspberry jelly is just a matter of simmering all the ingredients together until they become cohesive and thickened. This is a great article if you want to learn more about the hows and whys of fruit preservation in jams and jellys.

To start with, you’ll need to chop the apples. You can do a larger chop (like i did in the video) but you will probably have to get in with a masher later to break it down towards the end of the cooking process.

If you don’t want to have to do that, dice the apples small.

Throw the apples, raspberries, sugar, lemon juice, a bit of water, and vanilla extract (if using) into the pan. If you are using frozen raspberries, there is no need to defrost ahead of time. Once all your ingredients are in the pan, put it onto the heat and bring it to a low simmer.

The mixture needs to cook for around 30 min. If you change the batch size from the amount in the recipe it may take shorter/longer to cook.

Stir occasionally throughout the cooking process and make sure to watch that it stays at the low simmer the whole time and doesn’t burn.

When it starts cooking all the fruit juices will start to emerge and it will get really liquidy. Next it the fruit will start to break down and the liquid will thicken. If you are getting to the end of cooking and there are still fruit you feel are in too big peices, just take a fork or a masher and break them up a bit.

If you want it really smooth you can always throw it in your blender to smooth it out before it cools down after cooking.

Put some spoons in your freezer while it cooks to test the readiness. Around the 25 minute mark you can start testing it.

The liquid part of the jam gets thicker when cooled down so test the final consistency, dip a frozen spoon into the jam and take it out of the pan. Draw a line down the center of the jam on the spoon with your pinky.

Then check if the jam drips down to refill the line that you created. If it does, the jam is still not thick enough. If it holds it’s place, it’s finished.

When it’s done, take the pan off the heat and allow it to cool.

Storing Raspberry Apple Jam

For short term storage, place the finished jam into clean containers/jars and allow it to cool fully before storing it in the fridge. It should last a few weeks this way.

For long term storage you have two options, you can can or freeze the jam.

If you plan on canning the jam, make sure to follow proper canning instructions if you’ve never canned food before. If you are going to freeze the jam, it can be frozen for around 3 months.

Serving Homemade Raspberry Jam

Here are a few of my favorite ways to eat raspberry jam:

• Spread it on toast, rolls, brioche or scones.
• Swirl it into plain yogurt – like our homemade soy greek yogurt.
• Use it as filling for jelly donuts.
• Pb&js
• As filling in homemade pop tarts.
• Swirl it into pancake batter to add a pop of flavor.
• Give it away as an edible gift!

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