Strawberry Lemon Freezer Jam

This Strawberry Lemon Freezer Jam has to be one of the easiest jams to make. I’ve done canning with my friends before and it’s A LOT of work. It was always in the summer when it was hot, and canned for a whole day. Holy cow!

Freezer jam is WAY easier and this version requires no cooking. That’s my kinda jam! I love how you can really taste the freshness of the strawberries and tartness of lemon in this Strawberry Lemon Freezer Jam.

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We went strawberry picking and had 9 pounds of berries to figure out how to use. Last year I went raspberry picking with friends and ended up making freezer jam. Why not make some strawberry jam?

Last year I made one batch of raspberry freezer jam with lemon and one without. The lemon version was the favorite so I knew I wanted to add lemon to the strawberry freezer jam. That is how Strawberry Lemon Freezer Jam was born and it’s seriously addictive! We’ve been enjoying this on my English Muffin Bread.

I just used the recipe on the jar of Ball pectin, but I added the lemon zest and lemon juice. It said to use lemon juice only if you were making peach jam, but I love lemon with any berries so I decided to add it anyways!

Sweeteners

I ended up using half granulated sugar and half monk fruit sweetener for my first batch of Strawberry Lemon Freezer Jam. I’ve been experimenting with monk fruit sweetener more lately. It has fewer calories and it doesn’t make things taste as sweet, which I like. Have you tried monk fruit sweetener before?

I made a second batch of Strawberry Lemon Freezer Jam and used all granulated sugar. The one with monk fruit sweetener didn’t set as well, but it was still a jam like consistency. I could taste a difference between the two and I preferred the monk fruit one. You don’t have to take my word for it, try both like I did or just try one!

The Jars

I only had a couple of plastic freezer jars because some are still in the freezer from last year’s batch. So I used some glass canning jars as well. Some people will tell you not to use glass jars for freezing, but I have only had issues when over filling the jars. That being said, use them at your own risk!

Have you had freezer jam before? What’s your favorite type of jam?

Strawberry Lemon Freezer Jam

Amy

The easiest freezer jam that you will ever make! No cooking needed so the fresh berry flavor really comes through.

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Setting time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 6 8 oz jars

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup monk fruit sweetener, see notes
• 6 tbsp. freezer pectin
• 5 cups crushed strawberries, about 8 cups whole strawberries
• 1 large lemon, zest and juice (about 3 tbsp.)

Instructions

 

• In a large bowl, mix the sugar, monk fruit, and pectin.
• Add the crushed strawberries, lemon zest, and juice. Stir for 3 minutes.
• Ladle the jam into clean freezer jars or glass mason jars. Let stand for 30 minutes before putting into the freezer.

Notes

1. You can substitute the monk fruit sweetener with extra granulated sugar.
2. Some people will tell you that you should not freeze in glass jars, but I do.  I’ve had issues with cracking, but I now fill the jars less and have not had any issues.
3. This jam will stay good up to a year in the freezer, but I have not had any issues with keeping it longer.

 

The nutrition facts below are based on the recipe above.  This is only an estimation and intended for informational purposes only.

Keyword berries, easy, freezer jam, lemon