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Stone-Fruit Jam
Peaches, plums, apricots, or a mix of all three, crushed and set with pectin into a sunny water-bath jam: one recipe for the whole orchard as each tree comes ripe.
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Ingredients
one batchFrom the garden
- 3 lb ripe stone fruit (peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines), pitted; peaches and nectarines peeled · to yield 4 cups crushed
From the pantry
- 5½ cups granulated sugar · measured out in advance; the full amount is required for the set
- 1¾ oz powdered fruit pectin · one standard box
- 2 tbsp bottled lemon juice · keeps the acidity in the tested safe range for water-bath canning