Water bath canning sweet potatoes @ Michelle's Garden.

wash sweet potatoes really good, cut into cubes.
Put in boiling water for 3 minutes then take them out to cool.
Cut off the skins.
Make the syrup for your jars.
2 cups of water and one cup of sugar.
Fill your jars with sweet potatoes up to bottom of the rim.
Fill jars with syrup then de-bubble.
Wipe jars with vinegar put your lids on finger tight.
Put them in your water bath canner and bring to a rolling boil. process one hour.

[@speyes8184]

I love that you water bath. Keeping the tradition alive! Thank you for the videos, much appreciated.

[@DoubleQz]

Thanks for sharing. This was a wonderful video. I just bought 40lbs of sweet potatoes from local farmer and i want to can at least 10 jars. I ended up canning 16 jars.

[@marymurphy1393]

Hey Michelle 👋 I'm tuning in from Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪 I found your channel recently and love it. I'm soooo glad you are doing waterbath because we don't have pressure canners here. I'm also a huge fan of Leilonie over at Make it Make. Thanks for the great tutorial 👍

[@AnnBaileyThunderlungs]

You just confirmed what I had learned about the Amish way of canning sweet potatoes- thank you!

[@nikkiminnies5182]

I think the USDA has stock in the pressure canner manufacturers, lol. And seeing as what the FDA is approving as safe and effective in the last couple of years, I don't think I'll trust Any alphabet agencie's advice. I water bath can everything! Thanks for the video.

[@sophiabultena6781]

Fact!!!!!!❤❤❤ so glad im not the only one!

[@sashleymo4]

Thanks! Just got a few bags of sweet potatoes from work and wasn’t sure exactly how to do them. Appreciate it!

[@deborahn.6150]

Just discovered your channel. I used to watch my granny canning vegetables and am rediscovering my roots. Thanks for sharing!!

[@faithandarrowhomestead]

This is excellent info. My husband loves sweet potatoes but a bag often goes bad before I can go through them all. I’ll start preserving them this way when I have extras.

[@donnabeltrame4774]

Hi Michelle I waterbath canning I also watched Skipper from make it make I live in Australia and I love canning this way so just smile and keep doing what you do

[@suzantonn1188]

Thank you Michelle, I appreciate that you use the water bath method and also gave the FDA caution. Many, many generations have used the water bath method successfully and oven canning as well. To reduce food waste and take advantage of sales I may only can 2 or 3 jars at a time.

[@suedalimonte7863]

I am so glad I found your channel. We need more videos like this. Thank you

[@Diana-xm1dm]

I would call it original canning. I'm only canning items that I can't find/buy canned at the grocery store. I just canned 8 pounds of sirloin roast and 8 lbs of boneless skinless chicken breast for the very first time and they all turned out perfectly. I've also made pickled whole jalapenos. And, now, I'm here for this recipe which I can't wait to try. Thank you so much for sharing and God Bless.

[@lisacalvert4220]

Can you share your recipe for canned chicken and Cannon roast

[@lisacalvert4220]

That's suppose to say cannedroast

[@barbarapowell1990]

Water bath is THE-ORIGINAL CANNING METHOD - heard on make it make it - which also I love to watch and I enjoy very much watching you thank you for all your information and your efforts in teaching us I appreciate that,God bless you 😎

[@jnjstroud]

Canning and prepping everything....I love your video's! Recommending to others..hope you get more subs 😊😊😊

[@michellesgarden]

Thank you so much.

[@PotpourriSWGA]

Looks So easy! I have a box of sweet potatoes and wanted to see if I could water bath! Thanks!

[@tamra9124]

Hi Michelle, hope you're having a really good day! We just pulled our Sweet Potatoes yesterday. I'm gonna give this recipe a go today. Thank you for taking the time to show us!!

[@michellesgarden]

That's great : )

[@jadedeyes5286]

Sounds like a perfect channel .👏👏👏👏👏❤️

[@sherylhumberger5417]

I had about 10 lbs of sweet potatoes and thought about water bath canning them. Asked the Internet and you came up. Somehow I missed this last year. I canned potatoes from the recipe that Makeitmake did. And I also saw that you done this recipe also. I really didn't want to do the pressure canner method this year. Glad you made this video. Thanks.

[@prettyplumcosmectics]

Wow they look sweet like peaches 😋

[@StayGold711]

I just found your channel today. And I love Lelana from MakeItMake. She said in a video yesturday she is going to be waterbathing pumpkin in her upcoming video. I'm an old school canner from how I was taught from my grandmother and she never owned a pressure canner. Also I know the Amish have always always done the WB method on everything and so many people are unskilled to the point of ignorance that they will constantly attack people like us who have the true canning skills before the USDA came up with their own recommendations and scared everyone into this vacuum chamber to believe the only safe way to can is with a pressure canner. People don't understand how families preserved food before pressure canners even existed. In other countries they water bath everything as well. I'm so glad I stumbled on to your channel.im looking for more like minded skilled women like myself who understand the old ways that actually work, are safe, and we can learn great things from each other. Best of all, we are more highly skilled because we can do WB methods, and integrate all the other methods into our skills with confidence. Thanks so much for your video.

[@michelleadriaans5760]

New subscriber here - loving your stuff!!!

[@dinavoutour7796]

Thank you very much!!! I will try this in about 2 weeks. I need that time for the freshly dug potatoes to cure! I have tried pressure canning and let’s just say I got a lot of mush! This looks perfect for me to do!

[@sherrypuckett6686]

Thank you for teaching me how to do this .

[@TrishPatches]

Thank you for this great video..yes I watch makeitmake great cook also, but also watch a Mennonite Lady call homesteading with the Zimmerman's she is ready good with all her informaiton, from canning, cooking, gardening & living on a farm love, love her videos. You are also a love channel, only like for makeitmake though.

[@becfare1]

Thanks for sharing 😊

[@ednamyers5760]

Your channel is very welcoming..thank you for doing it..

[@eddiecuevas5518]

I like your canning idea and make it make I like her as well

[@tracycouture3955]

Great video 👍 Blessings

[@pepperminthomecrafts8269]

Thank you! New subbie here. Take care

[@dianegriffin8320]

Thank you for this info..

[@michellesgarden]

You are welcome.

[@sherylhumberger5417]

Thanks again...

[@thatonegirl1837]

I wish I had waterbath canned my sweet potatoes. They are just mush!! The USDA can suck it! Lol

[@user-un4ze9yd8c]

I was wondering I'm new to canning butternut squash how long would you have to water bath that thank you

[@michellesgarden]

I haven't canned butternut squash but I would guess the time would be 3 hours. Most things I have found through Amish canning books process 3 hours. Sometimes there is a shorter time for a few things. I waterbath potatoes 3 hours so I would waterbath butternut squash 3 hours.

[@mottshillhomesteaders4202]

Just found your channel. May I ask when you open the jars of sweet potatoes are they really mussy? Thank you in advance

[@michellesgarden]

I haven't opened a jar yet. I will probably use them for Thanksgiving. If they are anything like the potatoes that I canned I'm sure they will be great. My potatoes turned out perfectly.

[@mottshillhomesteaders4202]

@@michellesgarden my potatoes usually turn out great too but my sweet potatoes are always just really muddy and watery. Thanks

[@michellesgarden]

I'll try to let you know how mine turned out.

[@michellesgarden]

Hi, just wanted to get back with you on the texture of the sweet potatoes. I opened 2 jars for Thanksgiving and they are mushy. I used them in a sweet potato casserole, they are perfect for that.

[@mottshillhomesteaders4202]

@@michellesgarden thanks for getting back with me. That's how mine do everytime. I only use the canned ones for sweet potatoe souffle. My squash always did the same until I found a recipe for canning squash for frying later( which of course if not USDA approved) . Thank you again I will keep looking for more ways to preserve then. I have right now about the hundred under the house lol.

[@caseyfoy6502]

I found out Amish only water bath everything to even meat. They must be doing something right. They still around so thats what im doing.

[@kellygreen4058]

Am iI correct that you dont cover your jars with water? Is that ,2/3s or 3/4ths up jars? Tks yall

[@michellesgarden]

I cover my jars with an inch and a half of water above the jars in the canner. Put my lid on and begin the process.

[@susanfrierson9228]

I like hot water bath canning because I don't like pressure cookesr so any thing anyone can help me with on hot water bath canning I appreciate

[@howdyshellpe]

How long would you cook using quart jars please?

[@michellesgarden]

I got this recipe from a channel called makeitmake. It's an Amish recipe that calls for 1 hour process time. I think that time is for pints and quarts.

[@TraceyVilla]

Can we leave out the sugar or replace with something else? I'd prefer them natural?

[@michellesgarden]

I'm not really sure on that. I got my recipe from a channel called Makeitmake. It's an Amish recipe. Personally I don't see why you couldn't. Maybe add a teaspoon of vinegar.

[@debragriffin4081]

STEVIA can be used

[@1normab9560]

Question! Can you use brown sugar in place of white sugar?

[@michellesgarden]

Yes you can

[@patricewilson517]

About how long will these stay good for?

[@michellesgarden]

12 to 18 months is a recommended time in my opinion to use food that I have canned. I follow a fb page called (waterbath canning only no pressure canning aloud ) and most people will say as long as it's sealed it's good.

[@ruthnieves362]

What if I want to use half the sugar? Would that change the processing time?

[@michellesgarden]

The processing time stays the same because the sweet potatoes are a low acidic food.

[@ruthnieves362]

Thank you! I wanted to make sure that I didn't have to add time to the pressing time. @@michellesgarden

[@michellesgarden]

You are very welcome.

[@sherrypuckett6686]

Could u please turn ur mic up cant hardly hear ur soft voice 😮

[@jadedeyes5286]

So you don’t need to get air bubbles out of the sweet potato?

[@michellesgarden]

Yes you should get the air bubbles out.

[@mamabear1260]

Can you can sweet potatoes mashed?

[@michellesgarden]

I've never er tried that before.

[@becfare1]

2 to 1 water to sugar

[@christopherfountain7129]

I'm not trying to be mean, but please let me inject a thought with great care and concern. It takes a temperature of 240° minimum to kill botulism spores, water bath temps can only reach 212°. No matter how long or hard you water bath or steam it will never reach the required temp of 240° without pressure. Have you ever known anyone who survived and seen what they go through? 😢 I hope you and your family the best...

[@shellfletcher3110]

Have you ever water bath canned corn

[@michellesgarden]

No I usually blanch my corn cut it off the cob then put it in freezer bags to freeze. But I have heard of people canning corn. I'm not sure what the process is.

[@shellfletcher3110]

@@michellesgarden so I am currently trying your meat canning and my jars are floating my meat is not heavy enough what do I do will they be ok to keep boiling

[@michellesgarden]

Take some water out of the canner. Only 1 inch or 1 1/2 inches above the jars. I've not had that situation happen before.

[@shellfletcher3110]

@@michellesgarden do you think it would be ok to put empty jars with water filled and sit on top to hold the jars down I tried taking out some water that didn’t work

[@michellesgarden]

Yes you can try that.

[@Dawnkworth]

Pressure canning has been around about as long as water bath canning sometime in the 1900's. Its not about what you choose to do, but what is required of what your canning. Obviously, you'll haven't heard of anyone dying or becoming very sick because of botulism . If you learned water bath you had better learn to Pressure can, a FAMILY member life may depend on it!!!

[@latanyacarr411]

Please don’t fear monger with lies! WB canning is the original canning it has been around atleast since the 1700s, though there are sources that put canning in glass jars even as far back as ancient Egypt and China. Pressure canning (safely) has only been around since the 1900s and has only been pushed by the US government around the 1960s/1970s, which is why you can find Ball & Kerr Canning books prior to that period that have both WB & Pressure Canning times for everything you could possibly can, including meats and other low-acid foods. It’s as safe then as it is today. Also, it is still the only canning method known in most of the world where the cost of a pressure canner is prohibitive or not even available for sale.

[@Dawnkworth]

@latanyacarr411 do whatever you want at your own risk!!! You weren't around in the 1700s as nether was i. Info is only as good as the source you found!!! Facts

[@michaellippmann4474]

​@@Dawnkworth AGREED!!!

[@sherrydbrice597]

I found your channel today. I've already subscribed. You look so sad.

[@michellesgarden]

Oh my goodness. Thank you for subscribing. I'm a very happy person especially when I get to garden, 😄