Preserving berry syrups at home

Home-prepared berry syrups are made by extracting juice from fresh or frozen berries and combining the juice with sugar. About 6–7 cups of fresh or frozen fruit will produce enough juice to fill about 9 half-pint jars with berry syrup, yielding 4 ½ to 5 cups. When making berry syrups at home, the product can either be canned or frozen. When canning berry syrups, leave ½ inch headspace in jars and process in a boiling water bath canner. If freezing berry syrups, leave 1 inch of headspace in jars to allow for expansion during freezing