Sunday, April 22, 2012

pinterest day 22: strawberry jam



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day 22: strawberry jam from scratch from my "healthy-ness" board

strawberry jam



i bought a couple pounds of strawberries last week for less than $2 a pound.  i used half of them to make these, and i didn't want the rest to go bad, so i thought that jam sounded like fun to make.  

it was my first jelly/jam/preserves attempt ever, and i think it turned out well.

i slightly altered the recipe, i wanted more crushed berries, and the lemon zest sounded funny, so here is exactly what i did:

ingredients:
1 pound of strawberries cored
2 cups of sugar
1 lemon juiced

directions:
- crush the strawberries in a large bowl - it gets messy.  i used a french fry potato cutter first and then a potato masher
- add the crushed berries, sugar, and juice into a large saucepan
- heat on low until all sugar has dissolved, stirring occasionally (5 minutes or so)
- turn heat up to high and bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly 
- bring to 220 degrees (i boiled and stirred for 15 minutes and only got it to 216 degrees - but it seems to have turned out fine!)
- immediately put in sterile containers


using the french fry potato cutter to slice up the large pieces
and mashing them with a potato masher
that's as high as i got
some for us, my parents, and mike's parents 
and of course i had to try it right away
yummm

1 comments:

Six Sisters said...

Nothing better that homemade jam! We loved having you link up to our "Strut Your Stuff Saturday." Hope you'll be back soon! -The Sisters

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