Try this quick and easy homemade orange marmalade recipe when you’re in a hurry or when you just have a craving for a delicious marmalade!
Homemade Easy Orange Marmalade
1 orange*
1 Tbsp. water
1/2 cup sugar
Cut the un-peeled orange and place it into a blender or food processor with the water. Pour the mixture into a saucepan with the sugar and boil for 15 minutes.
*If you use a non-organic orange for your marmalade, wash it thoroughly.
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how long will this keep in the fridge? Long enough to spread on a few slices of toast and make a few sandwiches? ;)
This will last just as long as any jam or jelly does after you open a jar of it. Most jams and jellies are “acidy” and orange is especially so which means it has a natural preservative. Most of the time even after a couple of months they don’t get “bad” they just start sugaring which mean the sugar in them starts to crystallize and even then you can still use them by heating them a little the crystals dissolve.
This recipe is one I am going to make. A great way to use up an extra orange, and I just bought sugar on sale yesterday. Yeh!
Will go nicely in a gift basket for Christmas.
Would I double the water if I added in a lemon?
haven’t made marmalade in years as I can’t have it so this would be fun to make and give away.
Also a change from rhubarb jam and preserves I have been making for 4 weeks now.
Depending on the size of the lemon but you might want to add a little extra water and sugar or you could just use lemon zest and leave it as is.
I’m wondering if you could can this yummy looking stuff? Do you think the acidity is high enough for hot water bath canning?
Can’t wait to try this out!
Yes you can probably can it. It has most of the same ingredients for regular jams or jellies.
I think orange marmelade is really nice on a hot biscuit with butter slathered on top :) Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather :)
this sounds wonderful, I love orange marmalade but it is usually so expensive in stores.
does this just make 8oz.?
Yes it makes close to that depending on the size of your orange.
can you use sugar substitute in making tangerine marmalade
Here is a web site that talks about substituting sugar. There are many others if you would like to google them too. You can make many jams and marmalade without using any sugar or sugar substitute at all if you want.
Yum – this looks great. Thanks!
Jill–could I use apricots (taking out the pit of course) instead of oranges? My dad’s apricots all almost ripe on his apricot tree.
I have never tried apricots but you could try a few and see what happens. There is so few ingredients that you wouldn’t be out much plus if it fails the worse that would happen is it might be too mushy or syrupy which you could use a syrup; a sweetener in tea; sweetener in with some kind of juice.
Directions say to place in blender. How long do you blend it or to what consistency?
You blend it until the orange peels are the consistency and size that you like them. If you like bigger pieces of orange peel do it less and some people like a more fine orange peel.
I really love orange marmalade, as well as strawberry preserves. Like Tawra I have FM, and my daughter gave me a nutrition and cook book that says I should not have sugar or sugar substitutes. I admit that if I stay off the sugar I do feel better. I can however use honey, molasses or maple syrup as a sweetener. I may just have to try this out with some honey, may not taste the same, may be better, who knows?
Am greatiful for your recipe, i want to be a food technologist, teach me more about making straw berry jam
I use a lot of local honey for sinuses and allergies and sometimes before I get the big glass jar used up, it will crystalize. I know the microwave can fix it but so can the dishwasher. I make sure the cover is on tight and run it through the cycle on the top shelve. Works great!
It is kind of the way we use to do it in the “olden” days before microwaves. We would put the honey or syrup in a pan of hot water on the stove to heat it up. I asked my grandkids one day if they had to warm up syrup without a microwave how would they do it and they didn’t have a clue so the had a lesson in heating things. Never thought about the dishwasher though. Great idea.
Very interesting softening honey in the dishwasher. It reminds me how recently I heard on radio some people have invented a new method to use the dishwasher as a kind of “low-temperature-cooker” – they seem to put the food in really tight containers and then put them in the dishwasher like Lorene does with the honey. Cannot say however whether this really works because I did not try this myself but those people telling on the radio were very happy with their new cooking method.
In Canada, oranges often come on sale in late February to early March. I guess that is when they are clearing out the storage warehouses to make room for new crops. Any way, that is a good time to buy the oranges in large amounts and make a good batch of marmalade. My recipe is an older traditional one, but it was easier to make than I expected, and well worth it. The flavour of homemade jam or marmalade can’t be beat. The freshness of marmalade is also welcome treat after months of winter.
Can you use this with other fruits ,looks so was and yummy.
I have never tried this exact recipe with other fruit but most jams and jellies are basically fruit juice, sugar and a little water. You will be using only 1 piece of fruit and a little sugar so if it doesn’t work you won’t be out a bunch of expensive ingredients. Usually the only thing that goes wrong in a recipe like this too is it doesn’t thicken quite enough and if that happens just use it for syrup instead.
Hi,
I’m wondering if I could cut the sugar in half and still have a thickish marmalade? Thank you – your recipe looks so easy, I thought I would try it, but with less sugar (I use organic sugar when I cook).
You could easily try it with this recipe because the most you will be out if it doesn’t work is 1 orange and a small amount of sugar. The most that will happen is you may have a little trouble with it setting up.
Thank you Jill, I’m sure it will still be edible :-) We have many fruit trees and I have made lots of peach and apricot jam but never marmalade – I use my jams/preserves for a fruit and nut bread (the preserve replaces the usual fruit and sugar).
Hi Jill,
I just did a quick navel orange marmalade and it turned out nicely. Thank you.
I made this marmalade twice..we all enjoyed it. I made a fresh jar today..Thank you so much for this delicious and easy recipe Jill.
I made this today to use up some oranges and came.out really good just a little on a piece of toast yummy…and making orange chicken with it too I made like 3 jars..
Meant to day too Thank you so much for the simple recipe..I made some plum jam thr other day with a different recipe I am a first timer when coming to making jams and jellies and so far everything I have made had been a hit!! Again thank u
has been a hit
Normally, you would boil the oranges whole till they are tender, mashing the insides to use only the juice from the inside then slicing the skins thinly. I think it gives a more traditional texture to the marmalade than the blender method but takes a couple hours to cook oranges whole. I’m thinking of trying it in a pressure cooker or instant pot.
I had to add some cornstarch slurry to the mix. Maybe my oranges were extra juicy
Just as an FYI organic doesn’t mean no pesticides.. just certain chemicals can’t be used ..there are organic pesticides…. I would still wash all fruit & veg
Personally I was organic foods way more than I do other because there are way more cases of people getting very sick from food poisoning eating organic that other foods.
Have you tried this with multiple oranges? Is the cook time the same 15 minutes if let’s say I use 4 oranges ?
I have never tried this recipe with more but I think it would need a little longer cooking time. Probably 35-40 mins just watch it and when it darkens a little and thickens then you know it is ready. Even if it doesn’t thicken the right amount when you make it the first time it will still be great on pancakes and things like that
You say put the sliced orange and water into a blender. Then pour mix into a pan. How long do you blend it? What consistency?
Until the peel is ground up pretty fine or to whatever consistency that you would like it to be.
Best tasting Marmalade I ever had.
Very tasty Orange Marmalade.
I will definitely make this again.
I used 2 medium oranges.
I had to add a bit more water to adjust the thickness. I also followed other tips. I added a pinch of ground cloves and cinnamon. The spices were strong at first. After 24 hours in the fridge, the spices mellow and add a very pleasant taste to the marmalade.
Made about 3/4 of a pint.
I made this today, and my kids and I loved it! We put it on toast right out of the sauce pot. But when I let it cool completely before putting it in the fridge, it hardened a bit. How do I keep it spreadable? Will I need to reheat it?
Your orange may not have quite as juicy or it cooked a little too long. So try next time to either add just a tiny bit more water or cooking it a minute or 2 less. You may have to reheat the batch you made for now to make it spreadable.