The Easiest Homemade Peach Freezer Jam (No Canning Required!)
Capture the glorious peach flavor and keep it around long after peach season is over with this super simple peach freezer jam recipe. It's so quick and easy, and the fresh, bright taste is absolutely heavenly.
Equipment
- Large bowl with plenty of room
- Jar(s) clean and freezer-safe, leave ½ inch headspace
- ladle
Ingredients
Jam Ingredients
- 3.33 cup peaches peeled and diced, ripe and fragrant
- 1.33 cup sugar
- 4 Tbsp instant freezer pectin Make sure it's pectin specifically for freezer or no-cook jams!
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Get those beautiful diced peaches ready. You'll want about 3 ⅓ cups. Pop them into a large bowl – pick one with plenty of room so you can stir easily.
- Next, add your 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and all 4 tablespoons of that instant freezer pectin right into the bowl with the peaches. Give it a good stir to combine everything.
- Let that mixture hang out for about 3 minutes. While it's standing, give it a little stir every now and then. This lets the pectin start doing its job.
- Now, measure out your 1 ⅓ cups of sugar and add it to the peach mixture.
- Stir the mixture vigorously for a full 3 minutes. Keep stirring until you can't feel any sugar crystals scraping against the bottom of the bowl when you stir. You want that sugar completely dissolved.
- Once it's all smooth and the sugar is gone, it's time to fill your jars! Make sure your jars are clean and freezer-safe. Ladle the jam into the jars, leaving about ½ inch of space at the top.
- Don't put them in the fridge or freezer just yet! Let the filled jars sit out at room temperature for about 30 minutes. This gives the pectin time to finish setting the jam properly.
Notes
Tips for success include using ripe but firm peaches, measuring accurately (especially pectin and sugar), vigorously stirring for 3 minutes after adding sugar until dissolved, using clean jars, and leaving ½ inch headspace when filling jars, especially for freezing. Jam can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks or frozen for up to 1 year (thaw in fridge for ~24 hours). Can substitute with other fruits like strawberries or berries (check pectin amounts). Adding spices like cinnamon or ginger is an option. Reducing sugar is not recommended with this pectin type as it's crucial for setting. Frozen peaches can be used if thawed and drained. Recipe requires instant freezer pectin, not liquid pectin. Runny jam usually means sugar wasn't dissolved or wrong/too little pectin was used.