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Easy Apple Jam with 2 Ingredients (homemade apple sauce)
This 2-ingredient apple jam is delicious, perfectly textured, and so easy to make. Whip up a large batch so you can enjoy it all season long.
There’s nothing quite like homemade jam. No matter how good the store-bought version is, homemade is somehow always better. This jam is delicious, and you know exactly what ingredients are in the recipe.
Homemade apple jam is not just a preserve but a celebration of the season and a testament to the old ways that have been passed down through the centuries. Taking a spoonful of your own homemade jam transports you back to a time when kitchens were filled with the comforting aroma of fruit and spice cooking away. Each jar is a piece of that history, a combination of love, taste, and the simple joy of home cooking.
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What is apple jam best served with?
In addition to being a delightful spread for toast or scones, apple jam is incredibly versatile. Swirl it into Greek yogurt for a luxurious breakfast, spoon it over a warm bowl of oatmeal, or even use it as a glaze for pork dishes. The rich, full flavor of the jam is sufficient to elevate bland foods to gourmet status and make it a worthy addition to your culinary repertoire.
Make jam whenever you have any fresh fruits! I had some leftover apples from when we went apple picking, and I was craving some warm, soft, cozy apple jam. Enjoy this simple apple jam recipe!
Key Ingredients
Apples are naturally the base to this apple jam recipe. Choose the apples you and your family will enjoy the most!
Sugar sweetens up the apples and makes this jam absolutely delicious.
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
How to make Easy Apple Jam with Only 2 Ingredients
Step 1: Prepare the apples
Grate apples on a thin grater.
Steps 2 and 3: Cook the jam
In a medium saucepan add the grated apples. Keeping the heat on low, add ¾ cups of sugar or 1 cup if using sour apples. You can add less at first, then add more sugar to your taste.
Keeping the heat on low and stirring occasionally, cook for 1 hour.
Step 4: Finish up
After an hour, turn the heat off and put in jars.
Expert Tips:
- You can use a different type of sugar. Use raw sugar, brown sugar, maple syrup, agave, or even honey for your own taste preferences. Unsweetened apple jam turns out just as delicious as sweetened jam.
- If you have an apple preference, you can absolutely roll with it. Granny smith apples will give it a tart flavor, while pink lady will be sweet. Feel free to use red delicious, golden delicious, Fiji, or Gala apples. Any apple variety will taste great in this recipe.
- Use this delicious apple jam with Thumbprint Cookies! Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top before baking and you’ll have tasty and fresh apple flavors in one more recipe.
- For apple pie filling, use a mixture of whole apples, brown sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon. Apple jam is not an apple pie filling!
Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can use a food processor, but grating gives the jam a better texture.
A cinnamon stick, nutmeg, or a pinch of ground cinnamon are perfect to add. They can make this apple jam recipe fall-themed and more flavorful!
Other apple recipes you’re sure to love:
- These Apple Banana Smoothies with Cinnamon are the perfect taste of fall in a sweet smoothie!
- This quick recipe of Homemade Apple Cider is ideal for the chilly autumn days.
More apple recipes to try
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Easy Apple Jam with 2 ingredients (homemade apple sauce)
Equipment
- grater
- Pot
- Wooden spoon
- Glass jars
Ingredients
- 1 kilo apples, about 6-7 medium-sized apples
- 1 cup sugar, less, if you're using sweeter apples
Instructions
- Grate apples on a thin grater.1 kilo apples,
- In a medium saucepan add the grated apples. Keeping the heat on low, add ¾ cups of sugar or 1 cup if using sour apples. You can add less at first, then add more sugar to your taste.1 cup sugar,
- Keeping the heat on low and stirring occasionally, cook for 1 hour.
- After an hour turn the heat off and put in jars.