13 jammy recipes

Vegan butternut squash chowder made creamy without a drop of dairy. Blended squash, sweet potato, and carrot form a velvety base, brightened with garlic, rosemary, and thyme and topped with toasted almonds.

Jimmy Carter Dessert with a peanut-butter shortbread crust, cream cheese peanut butter layer, chocolate and vanilla pudding, whipped topping, and chocolate drizzle.

Lemon raspberry muffins bake up tender with bright lemon extract, jammy raspberry pockets and a golden bakery-style dome. A bright weekend breakfast treat.

Strawberry-pecan bread folds frozen strawberries and chopped pecans into a cinnamon-spiced quick bread batter for a tender, fragrant loaf. A pink-flecked, jammy take on the classic banana bread.

A generous blueberry lemon crisp loaded with over 6 cups of berries under a buttery brown sugar crumble. Baked low and gentle for a jammy filling with a crunchy, golden top.

Sautéed green beans and cherry tomatoes with garlic and balsamic. A quick one-pan side dish ready in 15 minutes, with seared beans and jammy blistered tomatoes.

Fresh figs gently poached in a simple sugar syrup until soft and jammy, then served with cream. A 3-ingredient, 15-minute breakfast that feels like a special occasion.

Deep-fried fruit cookies with a jelly center, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, then dusted in powdered sugar. Crispy outside, jammy inside.

Date oatmeal bars with a thick, jammy date filling sandwiched between two layers of buttery oat crumble. A vintage three-layer bar cookie that's chewy, sweet, and wholesome.

Purple plum pie loads sliced fresh plums into a deep-dish crust under a cinnamon-spiced buttery crumb. A late-summer fruit pie with jammy tart filling and golden streusel topping.

Greek monastery cookies rolled in chopped nuts or sesame seeds, filled with apricot or rose preserves. Buttery thumbprint cookies with a crisp nut coating and jammy center.

Caramelized onion and basil pasta with five pounds of sweet onions slow-cooked into a golden, jammy sauce deglazed with brandy. Tossed with fresh basil and Parmesan. Simple and stunning.

Blueberry or huckleberry jam uses liquid pectin and lemon for a quick-set traditional preserve. Two-minute hard boil delivers glossy deep-purple jam by the half-dozen jars.