Thursday, July 24, 2014

Jammin

I was oh so fortunate to be able to pick raspberries at a friend of mine's Mom's place.. plump juicy berries.. with nothing yucky sprayed on them.
My girls love raspberry jam. well lets be honest. .who doesn't love raspberry jam!?!
My friends Mom told me how she was making her jam.. with no pectin. Sounds good to me, so I gave it a try this round and was very pleased with the results.
  • 8 cups berries
  • 6 cups sugar (I have seen online there are recipes calling for equal amounts of fruit to sugar, I didn't think it needed that)
How easy can that be?? Seriously!

Get your jars sterilizing and the lids and rings in a pot heating.

Heat your berries and give them a good mashing.
Add your sugar and bring the whole mixture up to 220 degrees.
Fill your jars.. then put them in to the canner for their water bath. 5 Min after the water starts to boil (time from the point of boiling)

and voila
 
What to make next?... hmm stay tuned to find out :)

2 comments:

Hill upon Hill said...

Oh yum! Then to perhaps enjoy with scones and cream?

Unknown said...

Will have to do that! :)