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| Freezer Jam on Bread with the Jars |
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| Freezer Jam on Bread |
Adapted from the Sure Jell Premium Fruit Pectin package
Ingredients:
2 pints (4 cups) washed, hulled and sliced strawberries
8 cups sugar (or 4 cups sugar and 4 cups apple juice), divided (set one
cup of the sugar aside to mix with pectin)
2 boxes Sure Jell Premium Fruit Pectin
Directions:
1.
Wash and
rinse plastic containers with tight fitting lids. Use 2 to 4 cup size containers.
2.
Prepare
strawberries (wash, hull,and slice)
3.
Measure
exact amount (4 cups) of prepared strawberries.
4.
Measure
exactly 7 cups of sugar into a separate bowl.
5.
Stir 7
cups sugar into the fruit. Mix
well. Let stand for 10 minutes; stir
occasionally.
6.
Pour the
pectin into a medium mixing bowl and add the remaining 1 cup sugar. Mix well.
7.
Stir the
pectin/sugar mixture and 1 ½ cups water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil on high heat, stirring
constantly. Boil 1 minute, stirring
constantly. Remove from heat.
8.
In a
large stockpot cook strawberries on low with
the sugar mixture. Stir constantly. If desired, use a potato masher and mash
strawberries until desired consistency.
9.
Stir
pectin mixture into fruit. Mix well.
10.
Pour into
prepared containers, leaving ½ inch space at the top for expansion during
freezing; Using a spatula, scrape the
insides of the containers to help remove bubbles. Repeat the bubble removing process two times.
cover.
11.
Let stand
at room temperature 24 hours until set.
Refrigerate up to 3 weeks.
Otherwise, store in freezer for up to 1 year. Thaw in the refrigerator.
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| Freezer Jam in the Container |
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