What Are Preserves and How Can I Use Them?

If preserves have turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use them with confidence and how to choose them, cook them, store them, what to substitute, and 21 recipes to try them in.

In Chinese:	果酱
British (UK) term:	Preserves
en français:	conserves
en español:	conservas

Recipes using preserves

There are 21 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Almost Non-Fat Banana Bread Muffins

Brighten up your mornings with these delicious muffins that are perfect to take with you to work.

Lumberjack Pancakes

Lumberjack pancakes made with rolled oats and flour for thick, hearty flapjacks with real texture. Served with warm preserves instead of syrup for a filling breakfast that sticks with you.

Bohemian Kolacky

I had a few of these pastries at my friend's place, and they were delicious. I loved that there were just 3 ingredients for the cookies and they had the most flakey and delicate texture that I adored. They were not so sweet either, which was another plus!

Ginger Plum Pork Chops

Ginger plum pork chops with plum preserves, ground ginger, and apple cider vinegar. A 5-ingredient, one-skillet pork dinner ready in 25 minutes.

Buttery Spice Fig Thumbprint Cookies

Buttery spiced fig thumbprint cookies, tender brown-sugar dough rolled in a crunchy flax-sugar coating and filled with jammy fig preserves. Warm cinnamon and nutmeg make them a standout on the holiday cookie tray.

Sinful French Toast

Indulgent challah French toast dipped in heavy cream, eggs, vanilla, and a splash of Triple Sec, then griddled golden with cinnamon. Weekend brunch that earns its name.

Yummy Cream Cheese Hors D'oeuvres

Sweet pineapple preserves and apple jelly glazed with horseradish heat over cream cheese, perfect party dip for crackers in 5 minutes

Pinwheels

Yeast dough pinwheels filled with fruit preserves, shaped into a windmill pattern, and baked until golden. A European-style pastry with a soft, brioche-like dough and a jewel of jam in the center.

Jam French Toast Triangles

Crispy golden French toast sandwiches stuffed with sweet jam, dusted with cinnamon sugar. Ready in 30 minutes, these fun triangles turn breakfast into handheld heaven for kids and adults.

Celebration Rugelach - Country Living

Celebration rugelach stacks three tiers of cream cheese pastry filled with walnuts, golden raisins, cinnamon, and raspberry preserves into a stunning Hanukkah or holiday centerpiece.

Filled Crepes

Simple filled crepes (Flaedle) with eggs, milk, and flour, rolled with preserves and dusted with sugar. Fill sweet with jam or savory with seasoned meat.

Secret Treat Molasses Cookies

Molasses sandwich cookies with a hidden strawberry preserves filling, spiced with cinnamon and ginger, and topped with a vanilla powdered sugar glaze. The secret is inside.

Raspberry Glaze

Raspberry glaze simmers seedless raspberry preserves with port wine and lemon zest into a glossy 15-minute sauce. For roast meats, desserts, or cheese boards.

Cherry-Almond Glazed Pork Roast

Slow-roasted boneless pork loin basted in a sweet-tart cherry glaze with warm spices and toasted almonds. A stunning centerpiece for Sunday dinner or holiday feasts.

Oriental Glazed Ribs

Sweet and tangy sauce is great over these ribs! Boiling the ribs before they're baked saves time! I usually double the sauce for extra dipping!!!

Awesome Russian Tea Cakes

Russian tea cakes with a buttery shortbread base, a thumbprint of jam or chopped walnuts, and a snowfall of powdered sugar. Holiday cookie tin classic.

Crescent Cristo Sandwich Loaf

Crescent roll Monte Cristo sandwich loaf layered with smoked turkey, ham, Muenster cheese, and raspberry preserves. Brushed with honey and sesame seeds, baked golden.

Chocolate-Raspberry Spritz

Chocolate-raspberry spritz cookies made with melted unsweetened chocolate, raspberry preserves, and butter, pressed through a cookie press and topped with chocolate morsels.

Cream Cheese Fudge Balls

No-bake chocolate truffles made with cream cheese, vanilla wafers, and a secret splash of raspberry preserves, then rolled in chopped almonds or cocoa for an elegant candy that looks fancy but takes minutes.