{"id":77,"date":"2026-09-04T21:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/?p=77"},"modified":"2026-09-04T21:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:37:17","slug":"festive-spiced-christmas-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/?p=77","title":{"rendered":"Festive Spiced Christmas Jam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prep time:<\/strong> 15 mins | <strong>Cook time:<\/strong> 20 mins | <strong>Yield:<\/strong> 6 half-pint (8 oz) jars<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;12 oz fresh or frozen cranberries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;12 oz fresh or frozen strawberries (chopped)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;4 cups granulated sugar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;1 box (1.75 oz) powdered fruit pectin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;1 tsp ground cinnamon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;1\/2 tsp ground cloves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;1\/2 tsp ground allspice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;1 tsp orange zest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;1\/2 cup orange juice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;1\/2 cup water<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. <strong>Prep Fruit:<\/strong> Combine cranberries, chopped strawberries, water, and orange juice in a food processor. Pulse a few times until crushed into small bits (do not pure\u00e9 completely).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. <strong>Boil Fruit &amp; Pectin:<\/strong> Transfer the crushed fruit mixture into a large pot. Stir in the powdered pectin, ground cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and orange zest. Bring to a rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. <strong>Add Sugar:<\/strong> Stir in the granulated sugar all at once. Return the mixture to a full rolling boil (a boil that cannot be stirred down) and cook for exactly 1 minute, stirring continuously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. <strong>Skim Foam:<\/strong> Remove pot from heat. Skim off any excess foam from the top with a metal spoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. <strong>Fill Jars:<\/strong> Ladle hot jam into sterilized glass jars, leaving 1\/4-inch headspace. Wipe rims clean and seal tightly with lids and bands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. <strong>Set:<\/strong> Process in a hot water bath for 10 minutes for long-term shelf storage, or allow jars to cool to room temperature on the counter for 24 hours to set before placing in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prep time: 15 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Yield: 6 half-pint (8 oz) jars Ingredients &nbsp;12 oz fresh or frozen cranberries &nbsp;12 oz fresh or frozen strawberries (chopped) &nbsp;4 cups granulated sugar &nbsp;1 box (1.75 oz) powdered fruit pectin &nbsp;1 tsp ground cinnamon &nbsp;1\/2 tsp ground cloves &nbsp;1\/2 tsp ground allspice &nbsp;1 tsp &#8230; <a title=\"Festive Spiced Christmas Jam\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/?p=77\" aria-label=\"Read more about Festive Spiced Christmas Jam\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/79"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookbook.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}