Ingredients

  • 6 cups of plums pitted and chopped (about 4 pounds)
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 package powdered pectin (a package is 1.75 oz.)
  • 7 cups sugar

Directions

Combine plums, water, lemon juice, aand pectin in a large sauce pot. Bring to a rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Add sugar; return to a rolling boil Boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly. Pour hot into hot jars, leaving 1/4 ince head space. Adjust caps. Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath.

Brandied Plum Jam: add 1 cup brandy to fruit mixture.

Plum Orange Spice Jam: add zest from 1 orange, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, and 1/2 tsp nutmeg to fruit mixture.


Yield: about 8 half pints.

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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Arielle's Recipes
Submitted By: Marlen
matchlessm@aol.com
Plum Jam