Jam – Long Distance Baking

I realize it’s October and anyone who knows me knows I’m all fall everything over here, but I also live in the South. Where it’s still 90 degrees. And we still have fresh peaches all over the place. So technically, this recipe is still in season. I absolutely love peaches. Peach cobbler, peach muffins, peach smoothies, eating them fresh…I’ll take them any way I can get them! But I’ve never made peach jam. Strawberry freezer jam is my go to, but when my dad suggested peach I just knew I … [Read more…]

I ate Brown Bread every morning I was in Ireland. Every. Morning. And I miss it! I had never had Brown Bread before I went to Ireland. I feel like brown bread just doesn’t sound that appealing and from pictures, I just wasn’t feeling it. Boy was I wrong! Brown Bread is a traditional Irish bread made with buttermilk and whole wheat flour. It’s dense and actually pretty bland. But with butter and jam… delish! Specifically Irish Kerrygold Butter. I’m clearly about all things Irish over … [Read more…]

Making jam sounds like a very labor intensive and scary process, better left to Laura Ingalls Wilder and cute little old ladies…am I right? WRONG! At least for freezer jam. It is so amazingly easy!! No more making excuses. You need to make this. This was my summer project as a kid. My parents decided since I was the one eating all the jam that I needed to be the one making it (My sister had to do the pickles for the same reason).  Somehow, though, I had forgotten about making freezer … [Read more…]