Very Berry Jam
Nutrition
Calories: 565 kcalCarbohydrates: 145 gProtein: 3 gFat: 3 gSaturated Fat: 3 gCholesterol: 3 mgSodium: 5 mgFiber: 6 gSugar: 140 gVitamin A: 1.275 IUCalcium: 23 mgIron: 4 mg
Ingredients
- 16 ozs fresh strawberries
- 16 ozs fresh or frozen boysenberries or raspberries
- 4 cups sugar
- 1 ¾ oz box sure-jell for lower-sugar recipes
- 1-1/2 tsp butter or margarine
Instructions
- Thaw boysenberries or raspberries slightly if frozen.
- Wash strawberries well and then pull off their stems and slice
- Plug in electric skillet and heat to 400°F.
- Put sliced strawberries and boysenberries or raspberries in large bowl.
- Mash the berries using a pastry blender or potato masher.
- Put 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl and add the Sure-Jell powder to this sugar and mix well with wooden spoon.
- Add the Sure-Jell mixture to the mashed fruit; and stir well
- Add butter to fruit mixture. The butter prevents foaming.
- Pour fruit mixture into electric skillet and begin cooking. Bring mixture to a full rolling boil, in which the boiling doesn't stop when mixture is stirred; stir constantly.
- Quickly stir in the rest of the sugar. Return mixture to full rolling boil and continue to boil, stirring constantly, for a few more minutes. Turn skillet off.
- Ladle jam into jars. Make labels, if desired. Keep all jars in refrigerator.