Simple… Blueberry Jam!

It’s a good thing I live with the man I do…

He pretty much wakes up and just waits to see what I’m going to do …

If I decide to clean… OK with him!…

If I decide to play… OK with him…

If I decide not to cook breakfast… OK with him…

and then there may be a feast waiting…

OK with him!

Today after breakfast I started making Blueberry Jam…

I’m addicted to this freezer jam recipe…

I had made Strawberry about a month ago… Have

two jars left…

So easy! … and for some reason… The jam made at home tastes so good!…

Even if it is a simple recipe…

Fresh Blueberries… about 2 to 2-1/2 pints

Washed …

5 to 5-1/2 cups Sugar and I packet of Sure-Jell

Add sugar to berries… stir till to sugar is dissolved…

Boil packet of pectin with 3/4 cup water for 1 minute…

add to berries and stir for 3 minutes…

Put in clean jars… I had saved these… why buy… when you already have these cute jars from other items…

This recipe made 5 jars exactly… just enough to get out of freezer and enjoy!

They are so pretty… dark purple/blue in color…

Can’t wait to taste!

Have to let sit for 24 hours before refrigerating (Will last a couple of weeks)… or freeze for up to a year!

My word for the year is “Simple”… chosen on January 1, 2013…

I loved the idea of just choosing a word to get you through the year!…

and this recipe fits in perfectly!

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Freezer Jam… Strawberry / Blackberry

We went to check the blackberry bushes when we returned from vacation… but, not many there…
What little I did get… I decided to add to some strawberries and make freezer jam…

New to me…

I knew I needed Pectin…berries and sugar…

(Pectin is produced commercially as a white to light brown powder, mainly extracted from citrus fruits, and is used in food as a gelling agent particularly in jams and jellies)

How hard could it be?…

and it wasn’t!

Washed my berries… blended them just till crushed leaving bits of fruit… 2 cups

Stirred in sugar… 4 cups

Let set 10 minutes after stirring a few times…

Meantime… heated Pectin (Sure-Jell) together with 3/4 cup of water… boiled for a minute…

Added to berries and sugar… stirred for 3 minutes until sugar was completely dissolved…

Spooned into clean jars I had been saving…

Just right for jellies and jams… Made 4 jars… leaving a little room for expansion…

Put on lids and let set for 24 hours until thick…

The taste I took from the spoon was really good…

But, tomorrow on toast will be the real test…

My guys were quite impressed with my endeavors…

Now to make some peach… Doesn’t that sound good?…

The only thing I did different is to put in jars…

whereas they said plastic containers…

I think they will freeze just fine…

and the jam/preserves can be kept in refrigerator for up to 3 weeks…

I doubt that it will last that long!

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