Small Batch Raspberry Jam—Only 2 Ingredients!
This small-batch recipe is perfect for beginners and couldn't be simpler. A delicious treat for your morning toast.


Raspberry Jam
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 6 oz container fresh raspberries
Instructions
- Place berries and sugar into a medium saucepan and mash the berries with a potato masher, combining them with the sugar. Watch the magic happen! Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Boil the mixture for 5-7 minutes, until thickened.
- Pour hot mixture into a glass container or jelly jar. Allow to cool to room temperature, cover, and refrigerate up to 1 month.
- Makes about 1 cup.
Notes
This recipe doesn’t use water – the mashing of the berries releases the juices.

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add some honey
So easy and delicious
Can you use frozen berries with this recipe?
Can u use this recipe with other berries as well?
Good question
How do you boil raspberries if you don’t have water?
Hi Dale, believe it or not, the berries create their own juice. It’s pretty magical. Give it a try!
You’re mashing the raspberries. Therefore you will have juice in them..
Sounds so easy, and yummy! Looking forward to making this with the kids – and then eating it!
Yum!
how do you boil raspberries if you don’t have water?
the sugar draws the moisture out of the raspberries
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