Homemade Jam - Instant Pot (Easy and Healthy!)
Sick of the sugar and preservatives of store-bought jam? Make your own with this quick, healthy homemade jam recipe! You’ll never go back!
Equipment
- 1 Instant pot
Ingredients
- 8 Cups frozen berries
- 1 Cup sweetener I prefer swerve, but you can use sugar
- 3 Tb lemon juice
- 1 Cup chia seeds (optional)
Instructions
- Mix the frozen berries with the sweetener and let it marinate for over an hour.
- Stir the mixture again, then add the lemon juice.
- Seal the instant pot and cook on high pressure for 3 minutes. Natural release (about 15 minutes)
- Mash the berries with a potato masher, meat separator, or wooden spoon. Or, for a smoother consistency, blend with an immersion blender.
- Put on sauté for about 5 minutes to thicken the jam.
- Add 1 cup of chia seeds and stir.
- Carefully scoop or pour into sterilized glass jars.
- Allow to cool before sealing.
- Refrigerate or freeze.
- Yields over 45 oz.
Notes
- I prefer making this size batch and immediately freezing the extra jars so I always have some on hand but you can easily half or quarter the recipe for smaller quantities.
- My family enjoys the added health benefits and thickness provided by the chia seeds, but they can be omitted with no consequence. If you are particular to the texture or occasion seed in the teeth, it might be best to try the recipe without them. Just be sure to sauté the jam long enough for it to thicken.
- Try different fruit combinations! Strawberry is always a favorite, but when cranberries are in season for 90 cents a bag, I always throw in several handfuls with whatever other berry I have on hand. We also liked mixed berry and raspberry.