Nothing captures summer quite like a jar of homemade fig preserves on the shelf. Making your fig preserves turns a classic favorite into something truly special, letting you savor the rich, natural ...

Here's a canning recipe that married sublime simplicity with the pragmatism of storing an abundant harvest for the winter. There's just three ingredients in these preserved figs, from Liana Krissoff's ...

Favorite canning traditions from our kitchen to yours. Simply Recipes / Sally Vargas Canning is as much evolution as much as it is about traditions. Every summer I seem to add another food to my ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Current Extension Service recommendations for fig jam and fig preserves: Add 2 tablespoons of bottled lemon juice to each quart jar, or 1/2 teaspoon citric acid. This recipe is from my ...

Fig jams and preserves are easy to make and a great way to use up the summer harvest. (Photo by Ann Maloney, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) I was inspired by Dennis Bickham of Zachary, who shared his ...

Summer is fig season, and from all reports, this summer’s crop has been excellent. My dear friend and canning buddy Virginia Noland and I have made all kinds of preserves in more than 20 years of ...

When you’re ready to make the preserves, remove the figs from the fridge and transfer everything in the bowl to a heavy bottomed stainless steel or enamel coated cast iron pan. Bring the figs, sugar ...

Figs are not listed in the book that came with the dehydrator, so if I can do this should I use the recipe for strawberries, or maybe kiwi? I would like to use these figs later in cookies or cake and ...

On my parents’ property in Clarkston, there used to be an enormous, rambling fig tree. It sprouted up as a “volunteer” (the word my mother uses for things that aren’t planted, but somehow arrive ...

Makes about 4 (½-pint) jars. Recipe is excerpted from “Ball® Canning Back to Basics.” Copyright ©2017 Hearthmark LLC. Reprinted with permission from Time Inc ...

Having grown up in a family where canning and preserving was an all-consuming activity, I love having an assortment of jams, jellies and condiments in my pantry. They make meals extra special and ...

Few things hit the spot like a good Plum Preserves Recipe. Making plum preserves at home is a classic way to hold onto the bold, sweet-tart flavor of summer’s best plums. People love these preserves ...