This easy homemade Vanilla Fig Jam is perfect spread all over buttery toast or used in your favourite recipe calling for fig preserves.
9 ways to use Fig Preserves
- Prepare into Fig Bars
- Serve with a charcuterie board
- Make a glaze for meats with it
- Spread it on toast and english muffins
- Spread on baked brie
- Upgrade your ham and cheese with a little fig jam
- Swirl it into ice cream
- Top a cheesecake with it
- Homemade Fig Newtons
Personally my favourite use is in my mom’s fig bars. She used to make them when I was a kid just before camping trips and would bring a tin full of them for us to enjoy. To this day when I eat them I think about childhood camping trips.
Vanilla Fig Jam
Prep time: 1 hour | Cook time: 1 hour | Makes: ½ pint
Ingredients:
1 lb. figs, stems removed, washed, and quartered
2 T. fresh lemon juice
½ c. honey, preferably local
1 t. pure vanilla bean extract
Directions:
In a large bowl, combine the prepped figs with the lemon juice and allow the figs sit at room temperature for about 45 minutes.
Transfer the figs, along with the juice, to a large pot set over medium heat. Add the honey and vanilla extract and stir to combine.
Cook, stirring occasionally, until the figs break down into a thick and slightly granular jam, around 50-55 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
Serve immediately or transfer to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Enjoy!
Vanilla Fig Jam
Ingredients
- 1 lb. figs, stems removed, washed, and quartered
- 2 T. fresh lemon juice
- ½ c. honey, preferably local
- 1 t. pure vanilla bean extract
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the prepped figs with the lemon juice and allow the figs sit at room temperature for about 45 minutes.
- Transfer the figs, along with the juice, to a large pot set over medium heat. Add the honey and vanilla extract and stir to combine.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until the figs break down into a thick and slightly granular jam, around 50-55 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
- Serve immediately or transfer to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:
1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
Liz Lampman is a coffee-fuelled Mom of 2 girls and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. She enjoys cooking and baking, food photography, and reading.
