Winter Canning Recipes

Mid-Winter Canning Ideas

Winter means cold weather, regular snowfall, and almost nothing coming in from the garden…but there are still plenty of early winter canning recipes you can make to preserve what you do have.

Some things, like dry beans, can be canned any time of year so that they’re cooked and ready to eat at a moment’s notice. The same goes for meat canning recipes, soups, stews, and meal-in-a-jar recipes.

Winter Canning Recipe Lists

These recipe lists will keep you busy canning what’s in season in Mid-Winter!

• 12+ Cranberry Canning Recipes

• 12+ Apple Canning Recipes

• 12+ Pumpkin and Winter Squash Canning Recipes

• 30+ Meat Canning Recipes

• 30+ Soup Canning Recipes

• 30 + Meal in a Jar Canning Recipes

Winter Meal in a Jar & Soup Recipes

Most of my favorite canning recipes are those that take work out of busy weeknights, and what I put up now will feed us year-round. I have a long list of meal in a jar canning recipes, but here are some of my favorites:

• Canning Beef Burgundy (Julia Child’s Recipe)

• Butternut Squash Soup Base

• Thai Coconut Squash Soup

• Butternut Squash and White Bean Soup

• Canning Chicken Pot Pie Filling

• Canning Beef Pot Pie Filling

• Canning Carrot Soup

• Canning Leftover Turkey

Beef Burgundy

Winter Fruit Canning Recipes

Late in the season, you’ll still have apples and pears from the autumn, plus a few new late-season fruits like cranberries, persimmons, and quince. Winter is also when all the tropical and citrus fruits become available, so you can put up a taste of the tropics.

• Canning Cranberries

• Canning Apple Slices

• Canning Pears

• Canning Quince

• Canning Pineapple

• Canning Papaya

Winter Jam and Jelly Recipes

Though the fresh berries of summer are gone, there are still plenty of ways to make Jams, Jellies, and fruit butters with late-season fruit. You can even make savory vegetable jam with caramelized onions!

• Quince Jelly

• Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce

• Apple Jam

• Sweet Cider Apple Butter

• Pear Butter

• Pear Jam

• Cranberry Apple Jam

• Caramelized Onion Jam

Winter Juice Canning Recipes

Most of the juice canning recipes end with summer, but there are a few that linger into winter.

• Canning Cranberry Juice

• Canning Apple Juice

• Canning Apple Cider

Winter Vegetable Canning Recipes

Putting up plain veggies means quick, versatile meals later on, and while pickings are slim in winter, you can still put up root crops and spuds that just won’t store all winter without a root cellar.

• Canning Sweet Potatoes

• Canning Potatoes

• Canning Carrots

• Canning Beets

• Canning Onions

• Canning Parsnips

• Canning Pumpkin & Winter Squash

• 10+ Pumpkin and winter Squash Canning Recipes

Winter Pickling Recipes

You can pickle almost anything, and that includes late-season and storage produce!

• Pickled Brussels Sprouts

• Pickled Beets

• Pickled Carrots

• Pickled Cranberries

• Bread and Butter Pickled Onions

• Pickled Onions (3 ways)

If there’s a canning or preserving recipe that you’d like to find, please do let me know in the comments, and I’ll see what I can do to track it down for you.

Until Next Time,

Ashley at Practical Self Reliance (and Creative Canning)