Canned Sweet Corn
Learn how to preserve the taste of summer with our canning sweet corn recipe. This easy-to-follow guide covers what you need to know. Enjoy delicious, home-canned corn all year long. Perfect for beginners and seasoned canners alike, this recipe ensures your corn stays sweet and flavorful.
Equipment
- Pressure Canner
- Canning Tools
- 6 Pint jars, lids, and rings
Ingredients
- 12 ears sweet corn
- 6 tsp canning salt
- water
Instructions
- Shuck and wash sweet corn. Try to get as much silk off as possible. With a sharp knife, cut the kernals off the cob.
- Fill clean jars with corn until there is 1 inch of head space.
- Fill a large pot with water and bring it to a boil (for the jars). Put water in your canner and heat so the water starts to warm up.
- Put 1/2 tsp canning salt (not table salt) in each pint jar or 1 tsp for quart sized jars.
- Fill each jar with boiling water until there is 1 inch head space.
- Slide a butter knife or a canning tool down the side of each jar and around the edge to ensure no air bubbles are there.
- Wipe the rims so they are clean and dry. Put new canning lids on the jars and screw on the rings until they are fingertip tight.
- Place the jars in the canner and make sure there is the right amount of water. There should be indicating lines on your canner to tell you how much water is needed. Place the lid on the canner and put it in the locked position.
- Bring the water to a boil and let the steam vent for 10 minutes. Turn the pressure gauge to 10 psi (this is setting 2 on my canner). Once it reaches pressure set a timer for 55 minutes for pints and 1 hour 25 minutes for quarts. Adjust your temperature so the pressure stays at 10 psi.
- Turn off the burner and let the pressure come down naturally to zero. Once it is at zero, turn your pressure gauge to zero. Carefully take the lid off angling it away from your face. Using a jar lifter, take the jars out of the canner and allow to cool. You'll start to hear the popping of your jars sealing. Check seals and if one of the jars did not seal, refrigerate and use soon.