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Anything and everything by Marissa is my favorite!
Food in Jars: Preserving in Small Batches Year-Round
Absolutely necessary for any home canner! Great for those just starting and seasoned pros looking for a new favorite recipe. There are a variety of pressure canning recipes, which not a lot of other books offer.
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
Marissa is just absolutely my favorite 😍 Her blog always has great recipes for preserving foods, plus ways to use them!
Food in Jars | Canning, pickling and home preserving recipes
My favorite jar lifter! I can well over 1,200 jars a year, so a good jar lifter is so important! I've had mine for almost 12 years now. This style requires less grip strength to hold the jars, and that is huge when doing marathon canning sessions.
Ball Secure Grip Mason Jar Lifter for Safe Home Canning
I have 4 of these because they are that good! (And I am that busy) I love that I can be making a recipe on my stove while jars are ready to go on the counter OR I can start on the next batch while the previous one is in the water bath canning! Such a...
Ball FreshTECH Electric Water Bath Canner and Multi-Cooker
I love old-fashioned baked apple butter! I bake mine overnight at 300 degrees for about 17 hours in a stoneware crock. Put it in cold in a cold oven.
Ohio Stoneware Bristol Preserving Crocks 2 gal 1 pk Mfr# 2GC | Crock, Stoneware crock, Kitchen containers
Checking headspace is important for safety in home canning. Learning the proper headspace can seem overwhelming, but this tool takes the guess work out of it. Great for beginners!
Headspace Tool
All pressure canners are pressure cookers- but not all pressure cookers are pressure canners! I have two of these Presto 23 Quart pressure canners. Are they fancy? No. Do they work every time? Yes.
23 Qt Pressure Canner & Cooker
A must for salsas, applesauce, and seedless jams!
Norpro Sauce Master - 1951
Great for pitting cherries 🍒 especially when you have a large quantity for pie fillings
Norpro Deluxe Cherry Pitter with Clamp
No joke- this is one of the best tools to add to your canning supplies!!! This makes hulling strawberries🍓 so much easier
Norpro Stainless Steel Strawberry Huller & Tomato Corer
Before upgrading to an electric attachment for my KitchenAid, I used this apple peeler for hundreds of pounds of apples 🍎
Norpro Apple Mate 2-Apple Parer Slicer Corer
Did you know canning salt is formulated to remain clear 🤔 normal table (iodized salt) will leave pickle brine cloudy
Morton Canning & Pickling Salt 4 Lb Box
This is a lot easier than cheese cloth and a strainer, this fits well over my 4 cup and 8 cup measuring cups to strain the juice directly into the measuring cup for recipes.
Norpro White & Silver Strainer Stand 12in
I keep a couple extra jelly bags on hand so that I always have one clean and ready to go
Norpro Replacement Strainer Bag
I love this measuring cup so much!!! It makes measuring sugar a lot easier when canning large batches of jam or jelly.
American Metalcraft MCL200 Stainless Steel 2-Cup