What do you use the mini 4oz mason jars for? Because apparently I bought tons of them.

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mariadnoca

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I think last year I thought to make my jam making gifts go further I'd get the little jars and gift three flavors. However, when I made a few they sorta seem too small/chintzy.

Fast forward to today, thinking I had plenty of jars for jam....I'm going to need to go buy some because I have like 6 cases of the 4oz ones instead.

What should I do with these?

 
During the holidays, I appreciate it when I get smaller gifts

with so many folks cooking for gift giving over the holidays, one can get too much stuff. I love the very small loaves of quick breads, small jars of jam, small batches of anything. I have had folks tell me they like the smaller gifts, as well. I don't know your age, but in my age group, we don't eat as much as we used to and our family unit may be only one or two at the most.

 
Agree. I think Dyslexic Sauce works perfectly in the smaller size. 4 oz cases are hard to find.

Look on pinterest. There are a bazillion uses for baking/serving small desserts in that size. I figured Pinterest was the reason i couldn't find any 4 oz anymore....all those bloggers were out there photographing them.

One batch of DS will fill up a 12-jar case easily. I've filled and re-shipped the same box back home to my family to put in their stockings.

 
I like them for mustard and bacon jam. A lil bit goes a long way. They are a lil too small for

jam for me. I go through quite abit when we serve Hungarian pancakes w/ the jam. But, I find the small size perfect for "special" or "new to me" condiments were you don't need alot.... ie the bacon jam and mustard.

I also use them for Gays posted rec: for goat cheese cheesecake with berries.... YUM!

 
Are you all telling me I slather on too much jam on my toast, lol?

Because I opened and used one of those small jars of jam I made and felt like I just found out how good it was...and then it was gone.

 
No way, not small and chintzy; give them in stacks of 2, 3, or four . . .

tied together with a nice ribbon and attach a nice card and it may be a little jam/jelly, but looks like a lot of work. Multiple flavors of jam in little jars seem to be always appreciate. You can also attach new ways to use the jam like: in plain yogurt, warmed over ice cream, sandwiched between cookies/crackers/biscuits, stirred into hot coffee/tea/chocolate, mixed with a little lemon juice and then used to glaze meat or chicken. . .

Put the spin on it and call it a flavor kit for all sorts of stuff.

And tell recipients if the save the jar and get it back to you they just might get something more in return!

 
Ok, you all are convincing me; got some 1/2 pt wide mouth Kerr's and saw the blue ones today tho...

The blue ones are almost electric blue vs. vintage aqua ones, I'd thought I might get a few, but couldn't bring myself to. Maybe if they were a bigger size I could use them for storage, but for now I'll leave them to all the wedding people. FYI, they are on sale at Ace for $8.99 till the end of the month.

I found short smooth 1/2 pint Kerr jars so are going to try them, they looked nice for gifting, also got some standard 1/2 pt Ball to match the last of the ones from last year...because I can get many more of those in my stockpot given I don't have a canning pot.

Is it ok to stack jars in the pot? If so, do I need something between them?

 
I like the 4 oz size. Giving: it's a nice size for more daring flavors. Also, how can I say this?

There's less risk. I see so may people receive canned goods as a gift, but never open them. Receiving: I'm single and that size suits me just fine. I can enjoy it without worrying whether it will go bad or before I get tired of the flavor. For entertaining, I make a Jalapeno Apricot Jam and the 4 oz size is perfect for taking to parties.

 
I don't think you can stack jars in the canning pot - the purpose is to heat so that air escapes and

then when cooling contracts and seals. If you stack them I would think that the heated air inside can't escape and the seal wouldn't work.

 
yes, you can stack, but you need to put a rack on top of the first row and sit the second row

of jars on the rack, not on the jars below.

 
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