Gifts-in-a-Jar: Jams, Spreads & Sauces

A lazy simmer transforms just four ingredients into a sweet-tart spread. Spoon the marmalade into glass jars to show off its dazzling color and tie with matching ribbon.Recipe: Cranberry Orange Marmalade

This creamy sauce tastes delicious over ice cream, cheesecake, or warm brownies. Try stirring some of the sauce into coffee or use it as a fondue-type dip with fresh fruit and cubed pound cake.Recipe: Ultimate Fudge Sauce

With its gorgeous color and tangy flavor from quince and lemon, this traditional marmalade would make a great gift.Recipe: Quince-Lemon Marmalade  

Top jars of Holiday Jam with batting and homespun and decorate with buttons...great for sharing with friends and eighbors!Recipe: Holiday Jam

This is a wonderful jam that tastes just like Grandma’s carrot cake and is a real topping treat for biscuits, toast and waffles.Recipe: Carrot Cake Jam  

This colorful sauce with red and green Thai chile peppers is a great gift for people who like to add a little heat to their recipes.Recipe: Hot Pepper Sauce 

Use fresh herbs from your garden to make a tasty gift for your foodie friends.Recipe: Fresh Herb Mayonnaise 

Christmas gift recipes are especially welcome when they do double duty. This holiday sauce can be served as a creamy dip for fruit or as a topping for the impressive and delicious holiday dessert, Mile-High Turtle Ice Cream Pie.Recipe: Homemade Caramel Sauce

Tie a bow on a jar of this versatile spread and include a card with serving suggestions. Friends can enjoy it as a chutney, pizza sauce, or even spooned on a log of goat cheese for a speedy appetizer.Recipe: Sun-Dried Tomato Jam

Pour this herb-infused dipping oil into an elegant bottle, fasten a sprig of thyme around the neck, and present it with a crusty loaf.Recipe: Spicy Thyme and Garlic Oil

Serve savory tapenade as an hors d'oeuvre with baguette slices and goat cheese, as a sandwich topping for assorted deli meats, or as a relish for grilled chicken or fish. Store the tapenade in an airtight container for up to one week.Recipe: Chunky Tapenade

This low-calorie onion relish doubles as a topping for grilled meat or chicken or as an appetizer served with crackers or spooned over warm brie. Make a few extra batches to keep on-hand so when guests at your party ask for the recipe, you can just present them with their own jar.Recipe: Sweet Onion Relish

Just three ingredients results in a stunning homemade gift that can be made months ahead. Pack it with a bottle of extra-virgin olive oil for a do-it-yourself vinaigrette set.For other flavored vinegar options, try Lemon Thyme Vinegar and Purple Basil Vinegar.Recipe: Lemon Verbena Vinegar

This spoonable jam can double as a fruity topping for waffles or ice cream. Use frozen berries if fresh ones aren't available, then tuck a jar in a gift basket with some homemade scones or recipe cards for a sweet wintertime treat.Recipe: Raspberry-Almond Jam

Package tangy Citrus Curd in pretty jars tied with a ribbon. Offer gift recipients the suggestion to serve the curd over warm bread, fresh fruit, ice cream, or pound cake.Recipe: Citrus Curd

Lemon and ginger highlight the flavor of luscious fall pears. Spoon this condiment into glass jars and tie with gold ribbon or raffia to show off its warm, tawny color.Recipe: Ginger-Pear Preserves

Your family and friends will be eating high on the hog when they receive a bottle of this phenomenal sauce. Sweet, tangy, and spicy all at once, it's so good you'll want to keep some for yourself.Recipe: Peachy Barbecue Sauce

Resembling tiny baby oranges, kumquats have a sweet, perfumed skin and tart flesh. This recipe turns them into succulent golden orbs—an impressive and elegant holiday gift.Recipe: Kumquats in Spiced Syrup with Cloves, Cinnamon, and Star Anise

Take along a jar of this zippy condiment the next time you're invited to a holiday dinner. Delicious with roasted meats, it's a thoughtful hostess gift and keeps for up to a month.Recipe: Sweet-Hot Honey Mustard