Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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This is the easiest jam recipe ever! It's a one-to-one ratio of crushed berries to sugar. You'll love this homemade strawberry jam recipe! (See your correct water bath processing time below.)

In this case, 4 cups of crushed strawberries (about 2 lbs fresh) to 4 cups of sugar. Yield: 5 half-pints

Process in a water bath canner for the appropriate time based on your elevation:

0-1000 ft / 5 minutes
1001-6000 ft / 10 minutes
Above 6000 ft / 15 minutes

USDA recipe:

Strawberry Jam without added pectin

4 cups crushed strawberries (takes about 2 quart boxes strawberries)
4 cups sugar

• To prepare fruit. Sort and wash the strawberries; remove any stems and caps. Crush the berries.

• To make jam. Measure crushed strawberries into a kettle. Add sugar and stir well. Boil rapidly, stirring constantly, to 9° F. above the boiling point of water, or until the mixture thickens.

Remove from heat; skim and stir alternately for 5 minutes. Ladle jam into hot containers and seal immediately.

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