Using round ravioli, just the right size to fit into a half-pint mason jar, is a good cheat for making lasagna. This recipe layers the ravioli with all the other lasagna fixings: marinara sauce ...

Stafford’s recipe for Mason jar ice cream calls for just two ingredients: sweetened condensed milk and heavy whipping cream. For 1 pint of ice cream, add 1 cup cold heavy whipping cream and 4 ...

Step-by-step directions — Just find or buy a stainless steel 70mm (3") wire mesh tea strainer basket and place it on top of a wide-mouth, pint Mason jar. No more plastic water bottles.

For reference: a standard can holds 15 to 16 ounces. A quarter-pint mason jar holds 4 ounces and a half-pint holds 8 ounces. To make the two candles pictured, I melted enough wax to fill the can ...