Easy Homemade Fig Jam Recipe

With only a handful of fresh and tasty ingredients, this Fig Jam is great for adding to morning breakfast, desserts, and so much more!

Course jam, Sauce

Cuisine American

Keyword Fig Jam, Fig Jam Recipe

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 20

Servings servings

Calories 106kcal

Author Dana DeVolk

Wash and cut the figs into quarters.
2 pounds fresh figs
Zest the lemon, then cut in half to press to juice.
1 tsp lemon zest, Juice of 1 lemon
In a saucepan, add the figs, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, vanilla, water, and cinnamon stick.
¾ cup cane sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, ¼ cup water, 1 cinnamon stick
Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce temperature to low and let it simmer for 50 minutes to an hour, until the liquid has evaporated.
Remove from heat, and remove the cinnamon stick.
If you want a chunky jam, press the fig with the back of a wooden spoon, but if you prefer a smooth texture use the blender or an immersion blender.

Use fresh fragrant figs for the best outcome.
This can be doubled.
You can use other extracts like orange, lemon, or almond.
If you want a smoother jam use a blender or immersion blender, for a thicker just smash with wooden spoon.
This can be frozen, see my tips above.
You can serve this on a variety of things like toast, bagels, as an ice cream topping, with crackers and cheese, etc.