Creative Canning

Pickled bell peppers turn an end of season pepper glut into sweet and tangy strips that you can pull off the pantry shelf all winter, and a batch comes together in about an hour of hands on time. They land somewhere between a bread and butter pickle and a marinated antipasto pepper, which means they go on sandwiches, into grain bowls, and straight onto a chee...

Broth and stock canning recipes are some of the most practical jars you can put on the pantry shelf. They may not look as exciting as pie filling or jam, but once you have homemade broth ready to go, quick soups, gravies, and from-...

Canning mushroom broth puts a deep, savory base on your pantry shelf that turns a quick soup or a pot of rice into something that tastes like it simmered all afternoon. A jar of it is the kind of thing you reach for constantly once you have it, and home canning lets you keep a shelf stocked without giving up freezer space to it.

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Blackberry applesauce is a simple way to turn a big bramble harvest into something the whole family will ask for by name, with the deep purple color and sweet, slightly wild flavor of blackberries folded right into a soft, homemade applesauce. It cans up shelf stable for winter, freezes just as well, and comes together in a single pot on the stove.

Cherry applesauce takes a humble pantry staple and turns it a deep red, carrying a sweet-tart cherry flavor that makes an ordinary bowl of applesauce feel like something special. It puts up well in the canner and keeps just as happily in the freezer. It all cooks down in one pot, and it is a satisfying way to spin a bowl of cherries into jars you will be glad...