- Yield: 3 small jars
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10-15 minutes
- Serving: For Family
Traditional Newfoundland Bakeapple Jam
Hi and Welcome to our website!!
When making Bakeapple jam you want to preserve the berry and keep them whole, don't over cook your jam and when stirring it be very careful.
I'm going to share with you a couple of links to other berry jams and the picking and preserving video for you to enjoy.
Traditional Newfoundland BakeApple Picking and Preserving
Traditional Newfoundland Blueberry Jam
Traditional Newfoundland Partridgeberry Jam
also I will share with you a link to my new cookbook called Traditional Newfoundland Cooking & Recipes and A Little Taste of Home.
https://www.bonitaskitchen.com/cookbook
please continue on to the recipe for Traditional Newfoundland Bakeapple Jam.
Ingredients
- Bakeapples Fresh or Bottled - 2 - 1/3 Cups
- Sugar - 1/3 Cup
Instructions
1. Turn the stove top heat low to medium, then you will need a small boiler.
2. Place berries in boiler and add sugar.
3. Stir Bakeapples occasionally so they don't burn, also be careful not the brake the Bakeapples.
4. Cook for about 10 to 15 minutes until berries are cooked and tender but still whole.
5. Then pour hot jam into hot sterilized mason jars, leaving a inch from the top, clean around rims before sealing them.
6. Let your jam stay at room temperature over night or 8 hours until all jars have popped. If all jars is sealed you can store in a cool storage room, if not store in fridge until eaten.
Bakeapples are little gold berries that grow in the bog or marshes throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, this berry is also called in some places ” Cloud Berries ” and they are hard to find. They are also a well hidden secret, people don’t like to share where they pick them because they are hard to find.
We have been trying to get to this video but you only can pick these berries in late July and early August and I just was never available at that time to pick them. So I’m pleased to finally have them posted on our website for you to enjoy.
I spoke about some safety tips in this video when in picking Bakeapples, most people that enjoys picking any type of berries will already know the grounds they are working on. But for those of you that are planning on picking Bakeapples for the first time I do recommend you take some safety tools with you just incase you fall into the bog. The bog lands and marshes got hidden holds that if your foot falls into you will work very hard to pull your leg out, this is why I recommend you go in picking any berries with someone else.
When you know you are in a Bakeapple marshes you will see a Newfoundland Picture Plant and it looks a lot like a Bakeapple the shape of the top, I will share a beautiful picture for you to see.
Thank you for visiting my website and taking the time to read my blog and leave be a message or story of your Bakeapple experience, when in picking them. What you have made with them and where you are from, I would love to know.
So from my kitchen to yours thank you and have a lovely day.
Bonita this is an excellent site! Thoroughly enjoyed ?
Should you put some water in the bakeapples when cooking them .my email address is [email protected]. thank you
Hi Evelyn, Thank you for your message and for stopping by,. there is no need to add water because the berries and very juicy. But when you add the berries and sugar, start the boiling on low to medium heat. If you feel you need to add a 1/4 cup or less you can do so and it will cook down anyway. Stirring so the berries don’t burn or over cook. It’s nice to know the bakeapples are ready to pick.
Enjoy Bonita
Hi Bonita, I live in Miami, Florida. I’m actually writing a book about my great-grandfather’s life growing up in Newfoundland. Your videos have been an enormous help to me, regarding traditional recipes. Truly wonderful! It is my dream to visit Newfoundland someday soon. Cheers, Julie
Hi Julie: Thank you for your lovely message and it is so wonderful you are writing a book about your great-grandfather. I’m so glad I could help, our tradition and culture here in Newfoundland from coast to coast is pretty much the same. Our accent also stands out to people all over the world, plus the kind helpful hospitality. Have a lovely day and all the best on your book, 🙂 Bonita
Thanks for the recipe for bakeapples! Just wondering if this is Bonita who lived in YK?
Hi Michelle, Thank you for your message and I’m glad you enjoyed our BakeApple recipe, and yes I’m the Bonita that lived in YK for 28 years. Did you live there and where did you work, thank you for stopping by. Bonita
Hi, my name is Wendynewell I live in Fermeuse Newfoundland and I a’m making baked apple jam and cheese cake for the first time I a’m from Nova Scotia but I now live here 24 years I did your recipe and they turned out perfect thank you so much for this page
Hi Wendy, Thank you for your message and for stopping by.,we always love to hear from our viewers and share where they are from and about the recipe they used. Welcome to our website and we have over 400+ recipes available for you to enjoy…..We also post a NEW recipe every Sunday. Bakeapple jam and cheese cake sounds like so tasty. Message anytime you are looking for a recipe or made one of our recipe posted. Have a lovely day!!
Bonita