I'm canning my own favors!

So, I love to cook and I'm a total foodie, so I was trying to figure out how I could make 125-150 edible favors myself. Baking was out of the question because there was no way I was going to have time to bake the day before my wedding. It had to be something that I could make way ahead of time. I also wanted to do something appropriate for November. We debated caramel apples, mini apple pies, mini loaves of cranberry bread, etc, but again, I really wanted to make them myself and I just didn't feel comfortable with the timing involved with any of these things. So.....then it dawned on me - why don't I learn how to can my own jams or preserves. So, I ordered a canner and some jars and taught myself how to do it!

Turns out it's not that difficult and to make things even easier on myself, I've chosen to do pumpkin butter which calls for canned pumkin and doesn't involve skinning or chopping any fruit. I can even make 12 jars at a time. Not too bad...

Made the first batch yesterday and it's awesome and looks awesome in the jar (we got those old fashioned 1/2 pint Ball jars and the pumpkin butter is a gorgeous golden caramel color). We're getting ribbons and labels and little cards to put on the ribbon. Might use the phrase 'SPREAD the love...' or maybe just 'made with love'. I think we may even use them as escort cards - not sure yet.

Once I get some finished - I'll post some pics.

I'm so happy to finally come up with something!