Vacuum Sealing Powdered Goods in Mason Jars
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I love the fact that you mention the Lord in every video!! Thank you for being bold in the Lord! God bless you, Paul and your precious family!
I usually subscribe to those videos like this one that mentions scripture or the Lord..I have several ladies that have the same type of videos as this one. One lady usually reads scripture at the end of her video.
ME TOO!!!!
I use the paper candy liners (like muffin liners but small) and lay them out flat. They fit perfectly!
Thank you
Coffee filter or cup cake papers too. Good video.
Great Idea!!!
Those coffee filters are cheaper for 100 or 200, than the cupcake papers.. Since I'm fairly new at all this, I'm trying to learn all I can about canning and sealing.. I also have seen people in videos put their dry goods in paper lunch bags, then put it in the sealer bag. It works great! You can get 100 or 200 lunch bags at Costco and Smart & Final for a really good price.. They have brown or white.
I bought some flat coffee filter discs because they are round like the jar, BUT as I was putting the paper discs in the jars, I noticed that there's a hole in then, right in the middle! Totally defeats the purpose!
I ended up putting a rounded square of paper towel over it. 😊
@@cookiemama4 a disk of a clean but stained cloth works too
@@edieboudreau9637
Why stained? 😳
@@cookiemama4 I don't waste anything. The stained cotton would be shredded & hung on branches for bird nests or composted. This is what I have on hand. And anywhere it's stained will show if any of the powdered foods have gotten on top before it gets in the vacuum sealer.
Since I am new to dry canning, I am learning a lot. The idea of coffee filters is especially brilliant. Thanks for the advice.
I absolutely love putting my dry ingredients in my jars now with confidence of the contents shelf life sustainablity! All bcuz of you showing how to use the brake bleeder to vacuum seal them up right! Thank you so much!!!
Heidi I made some spinach powder to add to soups and such! I actually just used a paper towel. It works fantastic! I plan on making "preservation cloths" when I return to the homestead and can set up my sewing and cloth room. Thank you so much for teaching me techniques that I can pass along to other folks in my area . Love and Peace. Dee
The reason I use cloth is because I have tons of fabric scraps and I can keep reusing them as needed but I have used a small piece of paper towel before.
Thank you! Gail / March 2024
I did not know about putting something on top, what a great tip!
Happy September Heidi ! I have both coffee filters and cupcake papers. And I put date labels on my canning lids, so I know they have been used. You made my day! I have all kinds of powders and spices to seal :-)
I love learning from you. Thanks for all your teaching.
I use plain white cupcake liners when vac sealing jars. For flour and such, I use white paper lunch bags. Fill bag about 3/4 full and fold over the top. Insert into a FoodSaver bag, upside down. Folded edge lets air escape from the bag while holding back the powder. The flour "bricks" are then stored in buckets or totes. Recently bought the brake bleeder kit and am looking forward to using that, if/when the grid is down.
Hope this is helpful for someone.
Thanks for sharing.
I love this idea too,ty for sharing ❤
Thank you, Heidi. This comes at a good time because I need to take care of these very things. 😃
Thank you for the helpful video. Also I always appreciate the blessing. Thank you.
I saw this yesterday n just watching it! I love your site❤
Thank you for this! I kept hearing about a filter for vaccuming sealing into jars but being I'm a visual learner I couldn't figure out what they meant. This made it super clear and I can't wait to start jarring my flour now
Where do you find small candy papers, like cupcake liners,?
@@liberty8424 the cupcake liners can be found in the baking section of your grocery store.
@@lannettemanning8528 that I know. Never have see the little candy ones to buy though
Great video & vacuum seal tip! Looking forward to seeing more
Great idea on the material
Great tip. Thx. I've been doing a lot of vacuum sealing of other stuff and wondered how to seal powders.
What a clever technique!! I'm trying it.😊
Thank you Heidi, your videos are so helpful!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HEIDI!!! And I did not think of storing chocolate chips this way! Thank you for the wonderful tips! God bless!
Thanks Rain love the way you explain everything, I learn so much from you. God bless God is good everyday all day..
Thank you so much Mrs. Heidi. Once again you have solved my dilemma. I could not figure out how to keep the powder in the jar where it belonged. Now I feel like, duh! You made that so easy. Thank you, thank you. More money saved. Blessings from Texas.❤️
I just watched a video on dry storage, she said flour will only last for 1 year. I’m just getting into canning and I watch a lot of videos, it really gets very confusing. Everyone is different in the way they do things. I just want to do it right and safely for my family. I do watch you a lot and have made a rosemary tincture, waiting on that. God bless you.
Just bought my vacuum sealer for bags and jars. Can’t wait to add to my pantry all the sweets my family loves.
What I do is, when filling up the jar with dry powder goods I fill the jar in steps, I use a wooden mallet to tamper down pack down then fill again tamper down, until below the inch headspace then I put a clean dry coffee filter put the lid and jar sealer adapter and vacuum seal with the Foodsaver and it will not suck in the powder- flour, sugar, etc. Into the hose. It works for me all the time.
Great tip👍🏻. Really appreciate you. I finally got my brake bleeder working!
@ Shelley Morton...yay!!!
Ty so much. I do have powdered cheese. And milk products like you have for backup. It’s raining today. So be a great day for this.
Thanks for this informative video.
For those with kids ... besides powdered drink mix, chocolate chips, etc. ... vacuum sealing regular candy greatly increases its life. :)
And keeps my spouse, kids, and me from nibbling or grazing on them. ;)
@@jennifernebraska9728 "Preparedness Multi-purpose" :)
Yes, keeping things sealed and out of site are real good deterrents! ha
Thank you!! Never even thought about that but such a good idea!
Thank you for information and precise video....this is my next phase!! God bless🙏
Great advice! I need to do this with a few things.
Thank you! I'm very new to all this and you make things very easy to understand.
I appreciate this, some people like to complain that I talk too fast or too much and am hard to follow so it is nice to know there are those that feel differently :)
@@RainCountryHomestead Phooey on them. There is a speed setting on your youtube page and you can slow it down or watch it again. You explain things very good - Would taking an hour to explain it be better - not!
@@marthaadams8326 Thank you Martha!
Excellent video.... God is Good!
That's awesome thanks for the hack... I'm going to definitely try this.
Just so you know I have bought the brake bleeder sealer you mentioned and it works fantastic. I still pressure can but have been dehydrating and sealing in case it gets cold and my jars have a chance of freezing and busting. Good video. thanks.
I haven't done any sealing of powdery stuff, but will and this is a great tip. I blame my mess making on being left handed...nothing made for lefties. Even spoons that have an angle and I will make a mess🤣
Thanks!!!
I can't use that excuse! haha! I know what it is with me though, I just get moving too fast and then always spill things or throw it all over the counter. I actually did pretty good in the video, much to my own surprise!
Momma's left handed. I'm partial. Forced to use right hand in school. Lol
Momma had 1 spoon she always used until it disappeared. It was bent differently. Maybe you might need to bend yours another way?
@@edieboudreau9637 I may nee too!! One is wooden tho...that wont work. Just clean up 🤣
@@lisa32469 @isa D 😛😀
Bless your heart! The world IS made for Righties. I have 3 Lefties in my immediate family and 2 more in my extended family. All my life I've watched them have issues and have to work around a Rightie World. A funny Rightie/Leftie issue - when we have a big family dinner, we make all the Lefties sit on the same side of the table so we don't have elbow wars all through dinner. ;)
Great video. I’m new to this stuff so this is good to know.
My my! I just came across ur post. You are a God send. We have spent a quit a bit of time today. Looking into purchasing one of the dealers but not sure how they work. Now our delkma is settled. Thank you for sharing. I did subscribe and will be watching more of your videos. Thnks again.
Thanks for this. I needed it. 💚
You’re the best Heidi
Hi Heidi! As always great info.
Thanks Edie! And thanks again for helping out in the comment section, always appreciated :)
@@RainCountryHomestead np.
I use those coffee filters and they have worked well for me so far.
Catching up today with Heidi and Pat...lol
I just finished enough for my first quart of powdered milk today. Yay! I vacuum sealed it and used a coffee filter. They were too small for our coffee pot and over flowed, but are great for things like this.
Hello there. I just got my vacuum sealing lids to go with my vac sealer that was gifted to me. This thing is great.
Very helpful. Thank You.
Ok, a few mistakes I see I'm making right off- I use vinegar to clean the rims, I use new lids, and I don't put the bands back on. I love the tip for the cloth with powdery items! I have a hand pump like you have, but it kills my hands, so I also have an electric pump.
Thank you. I was frustrated trying to vacuum seal flour. Now I am going to be on it! ❤️
Same with me and the cacao powder years ago, took me so long to figure out I could just put a barrier over the top! haha
Flour needs to be frozen for 48 hours, returned to room temperature and then vac sealed. (Kills larvae eggs etc.,)
I did yesterday corn starch,let me tell you mess I made,all over in tube and FS all covered ,ya come out ,and I give up 😅,now I know how to do,ty.❤
Thank you for your wonderful content :)
God is good- this project is on my to do this week.
I wish i could give you two thumbs up! (I’m still waiting for the brake bleeder i ordered about two weeks ago.) I’ve ordered three of the dairy powders you recommended (through your link) and i’m getting a little antsy to get on with sealing things! It’s still impossible to find a regular mouth jar sealer unless you want to spend an exorbitant amount for it. Which i don’t but i did get a large mouth jar sealer so i’ll start with that! I had to chuckle when you talked about sealing the chocolate chips. At our house, my husband eats chocolate every.single.day. I buy so much chocolate that it needs it’s own budget line! Thanks for taking the time to teach us all another new trick! Much appreciated!
I use the same food saver caps and brake bleeder, I have vacuumed different products , but I have done the same thing with extra medications, or about to be outdated meds, the trick when sealing medications is poke a hole in the screw cap so the air can be drawn out by the brake tool...
Thanks so much 😊
I so need canning lids and more jars, I hope we can find they are producing more very soon. Great tips, tfs, blessings
They said that they were going to restock Walmart target ace hardware and maybe Kroger
Our local Walmart (2 locations) and Food Lion (2) have had them in stock in recent weeks. Bought 3 cases of wide mouth pints at Walmart Friday (11-13-20) They had a decent supply of pints, 1/2 pints and quarts. No lids, yet....
@@oldtimerlee8820 thank you for sharing the information, will check our area for sure, blessings
Loved this video
Thank you 💕
Thanks 4 the great video I just got a foodsaver really like it have tried any powders gonna have to give it a shot!!
great video 👍 Blessings
Thank you, thank you, thank you, the flour has been driving me nuts to keep a seal.
I have used the paper cupcake/muffin tin liners to go in the top of my jars of powdered goods.
I JUST USE A STAND UP VAC CLEANER ALONG WITH A RUBBER WASHER WITH THE JAR SEALER TO BRING DOWN THE JAR. BEST FROM NEWFOUNDLAND.
Thank you so much for the information. I bought a large bag of cheese powder like the powder you get with mac and cheese. I will vacuums seal it.
Cool. I have had issue with powders.
I'll be jarring & vaccum sealing my dry goods now. Thanks!
A brake bleeder. Brilliant. Even for brakes. Wish I knew this 20 brake jobs ago. I'll use my auto AC vac pump. Cheers
I put our salt in a glass jar with a lid. I don't vacuum seal it but it doesn't clump up like it does in the original packaging and in salt shakers. I use it up fairly quickly when cooking pasta and making homemade play dough for Daniel. He loves all forms of art and it lasts longer than store bought ones since he often forgets to put it back in it's a container when he's done playing with it.
I never vacuum seal salt either
I needed this now, been vacuum sealing all day!👍. Had a few no. Sealers, wondered how to fix this?! Thank you🤗
You are a wizard.
Good video
Thanks for this tip. I opened my big vacuum sealed jar of chia to refill my counter jar and wound up spraying chia around the kitchen as the air rushed in. I expect this would prevent that.
I use a 2 ingredient biscuit recipe using cream. So I ordered the hoosier cream and hope it works.
Powdered milk lasts a long, long time this way.
I've run out of way's to use powder milk... Any suggestions
Good to know!
How long?
Thanks for the tips
Who knew?
I built a container out of six inch PVC that should handle a half gallon jar and repurposed a compressor out of my old frig for the vacuum. Thinking a lot of dry goods would fit better in larger jars. And saving the quarts for actual canning. We will see how well the larger size bottle holds a lid.
Yep. Been doing this for years.
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...that grip strength though...
Haha :)
Lovin you!!
I add dissectant packs into some.
I have been able to fill the container with hot water and soften up the glue on the label and able to put the label on the jar, or part of the label on the jar. Much of the things I want some information on the jar. Sometimes I will use my phone to take a photo of part of the label, put that in my computer and print a label to put on the jar with some packing tape. I don't always remember what the liberals say about mixing it or using it. This gives me the information on the jar I seal.
👍 Sehr gut, danke Heidi!
@No salties & roos here. Ich haben Sie hier oft gesehen. Heidi ist wirklich wūnderbar!
Without using google translator, I actually understood that last part! haha Thanks Edie. I know very little German but my parents lived there for a couple of years while my dad was stationed there. One of my brothers was born there and my mom loved it there so much she named me in honor of her time there and friends she made
@@RainCountryHomestead oh Heidi I understand. One of my baby sisters was born there. Lol and you're welcome. The first part was just saying I've seen you here often.
@@RainCountryHomestead 👍
Dear Heidi!
A nice story for your family biography!
But I'm not German, only my mother tongue is German. I am Austrian and German is the first official language here, alongside the other languages of the minorities of our citizens. I speak English very well, only the grammar is not so good and there is also a problem with non-professional terminology, I was a restaurateur for 50 years. We learned the outdated Oxfort English at school, American business English I had to teach myself later. I find your channel wonderfully informative and with lots of interesting topics to keep in stock.
I wish you and your family all the best!
Greetings from Austria!
I usually just count 60 pumps and call it good. That always works....God Bless 🙏🏻🇺🇸❤️
The only thing about that is it can take longer to properly pump up larger jars or jars with more airspace.
I'm lucky to squeeze 5
Thank you so much for this. Can you please do a vid on how to preserve/store nuts in a jar for long term without them going rancid?
Thank you for this info. May 2022 and I bought a big bag of powdered sugar at Costco. I seldom use it. But, it had not gone up in price like most things have. It take me years to use it up anyway. Organic cane sugar was still the old price. I hope the big bag of baking soda isn't hard as a rock. I can't believe we are preparing for food shortages again. Happy Memorial Day Weekend! 🇺🇸🎉💕
And ALL THE TIME GOD IS GOOD
I use cupcake cups.
Thank you. You reinforced what I’ve been learning about storing powders. I was wondering if I should put my brown sugar in a vacuum sealed bag.
@This & That with Denise
I just put mine in half gallon mason jars with a small wrinkled potato on a napkin add lid. That's it. I don't like hard sugars & I live in a high humidity area. Oh and away from sun & away from outside walls by 6".
@@edieboudreau9637 you put the potato in with the sugar? What does that do?
@@lizziegreen9052 potato absorbs moisture. Great Gramma taught me that. The smallest scrawniest potato. Best is shriveled. But the others work too. Change it out about every 6 months.
I find the reusable lids like Tattler and Harvest Guard work best for pressure canning, and single-use metal lida work best for water bath canning or dry goods vac pac storage. I feel like the reusable gaskets actually need the higher heat and pressure of the pressure canner to set a solid seal.
I have always done well with them in water bath canning such as tomatoes, peaches, plums. To me it was getting the right tightness on them now it is rare I lose a seal.
@@RainCountryHomestead I'll try again this year. It is definitely a learning curve. Thanks!
After ruining a brake bleeder with cinnamon, I stuffed a piece of a cotton ball in the tube of the next one I bought to prevent anything from getting into the pump
That's a good idea as an additional safety when dealing with powdered ingredients. Thanks!
That sounds like a great idea. I just got mine to use incase the grid is down. I'll sure add your tip to the notes I'm collecting on the bleeder. Love to vac seal with my FoodSaver, so now I'm working on backup plans. Thanks for sharing.
Please make a video on making your Cowboy cookies.
Did that one a few years ago: th-cam.com/video/Q_JNiZzSDtA/w-d-xo.html
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I am going to try this as it sounds like a good dual purpose idea in that it will absorb any moisture and also stop the powder getting on the rim. I haven't had much problem with powder but am wondering about pumping the brake bleeder slower, if that would help stop powder from being pulled up and getting under the canning lid? Just a thought, thanks Heidi!
Slower may help but hard to say, you are still going to get a vacuum and powders are so light. Even so, knowing me and how I do everything con brio, I probably would never remember to stop and take the time to go slower! haha
Where is your cowboy cookie recipe? I don’t see the link. Great video by the way.
All the links are located in the description box just below the video screen. Make sure you click on the word "...more" to open the description box
I use a mini muffin paper.
Yep, many use those, I prefer fabric as I always have scraps on hand
I have been following you for a while now and love your videos. I have been trying to get the vacuum sealer for the jars and the break bleeder but they have been out, but I'm on the waiting list. I wanted to know if I can take my dried vegetables and fruits and turn them into a powder for use in soups, etc? Thanks for all of your information.
Yes, you can, I flake up my various greens to add to soups, I prefer not to add as powders, but some do
@@RainCountryHomestead thank you for getting back to me.
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Have you ever considered putting a desiccant pack into the jars when you seal them to help with moisture on your powdered goods?
Nope, if the jars are vacuum sealed, there is no need to add more cost by using packs like that, including oxygen absorbers. I have had had no issue with moisture in any foods, herbs, and more that I vacuum seal
Love this. This is the info I needed but if you use paper towel or coffee filters how long before paper breakdown or will it.
I highly doubt they would break down since the ingredients are dry. I did use a piece of paper towel in something once just to try it and had no issues. I just prefer to use cloth because not only do I always have lots of scraps, it is reusable
Thanks so much. You have great video that has answered alot of questions I had and have. God bless you.
Can we vacuum seal in square plastic containers made to store pasta, sugar, flour, etc? If so, what is the best item/items to use (to order on Amazon) to vacuum pack on those types of containers?
I’m not sure what to use 02 absorbers in. I’ve done flour and cornmeal like this video and I guess I’m ok. Just didn’t want it to go bad. Thank you
There are people that still use them in vacuum sealed jars but I never have nor will. I find them to be a waste of money. If foods are vacuum sealed, there is no need for oxygen absorbers and I have been doing it like this for years without issue. I have even stopped using those things in my whole grains that I have sealed up in mylar bags inside plastic buckets.
My brake bleeder meter is not facing where I can't see it. Mine is side way can I Unscrew it.. turning its face front. I don't want to break any seals. Thanks for any help. You were my go to for this question.🥰🤗 you know everything in my book😊
I really cannot say, yours may be different from mine, mine does not turn
@@RainCountryHomestead I think I saw yours.. looks alike. Red blk handle gold seal. I just thought I ask first. I did see another person who's his was turned like mine. And another had there's turn like yours. I just didn't want to start turning and end up breaking it. So I will just leave it. Like they say...if its not broke don't fix it 🤷 😆 Thank you for responding.
How do we clean the holes? do I take it off the break bleeder. Thank you much appreciate 🙏
@@selfhealherbs13ms Do you mean the hose? I have only had to clean it once when Patrick used it for its original intended purpose to bleed brakes so I needed to clean out the brake fluid. I simply put in a sink of hot soapy water and swished back and forth numerous times to get the water to flow through it back and forth then rinsed well with hot water. Other than that, I have not needed to clean it as the hose only pulls out air, not fluids or powders (if you make sure to put some kind of cover or barrier over the top of the powders before putting on the lid. Plus, nothing in the hose ever touches the food or can contaminate it since the air is coming out of the jar and through the hose, not the other way around
@@RainCountryHomestead Yes I did put the cupcake paper on top, I also put my Bayleaf in.. but thats me. Thanks. Whats weird I forgot to put the paper in on 2 jars, and it worked perfectly well no problem, and the next one I put the paper on top and didn't seal well, and it looks like flour got in the tube thats why I was asking, boy I had a mess😁kinda. Not that I haven done this before. But thank you sweet lady. I will do my clean up I'm OCD I see a speck and it bug's me.
I want to do this with regular food seasoning salt pepper sugar all purpose seasoning lemonade coffee and Kool-Aid is this all for a good shelflife as well to prepare it like this
Yes, you can do this with all of those.
I live in South Florida and worry about humanity and put dehumidifier pack in my to make sure that it is dry.
On the chocolates, powders, etc. Heidi do just vacuum seal or do you add an oxygen absorbers along with vacuuming??.. for long term .
I never use oxygen absorbers when vacuum sealing, some do but I do not