Holiday Homemade Canning Gifts
10 Have Dabbled
Food & Drink
Put the "home" back into homemade for the holidays by learning to safely prepare canned holiday gifts, like jams, jellies, pickled vegetable, and/or salsa. You will learn hands-on by making a spiced blueberry jam as well as learning how to properly can jam at home. This class is offered to the public through a partnership between the Home Food Preservation courses at MU Extension and the Thomas Dunn Learning Center. This is a wonderful multi-generational learning experience and it fills up FAST! Secure your spot today!
Scholarships are available for those who are committed to attending and learning but unable to pay.
All ages welcome
Use of a commercial kitchen, instruction as well as canning and gift wrapping supplies.
Cancellation Policy
Thomas Dunn Learning Center is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. We have been providing quality, life-long learning opportunities in the St. Louis Region since 1930. Our free or low-cost programs center around education, civics, enrichment, and culture.
Our mission is to enrich lives through engaging learning experiences and to create partnerships which promote individual growth and enhance the community’s quality of life.
I new nothing about canning. The class was very informative with lots of additional take home material. Great way to learn the importance of using certain recipes and what types to techniques work best under different situations. Great class all around.
I new nothing about canning. The class was very informative with lots of additional take home material. Great way to learn the importance of using certain recipes and what types to techniques work best under different situations. Great class all around.
WOW, this class was even better than expected. very informative and hands on. we got lots of information to take home to help us when we want to use our skills later. We also got to take home so of the final product we helped to make. The instructor was VERY knowledgeable and helpful. She answered a lot of questions for us and was very prepared.
WOW, this class was even better than expected. very informative and hands on. we got lots of information to take home to help us when we want to use our skills later. We also got to take home so of the final product we helped to make. The instructor was VERY knowledgeable and helpful. She answered a lot of questions for us and was very prepared.