Apricot Jam in a Glass Canning Jar With Slices of Bread

Apricot jam in a glass canning jar with slices of bread

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Recipe for Apricot Jam

Ingredients - 3 1/2 Pints

3 cups diced apricots

1/4 cup lemon juice

7 cups of sugar

1/2 bottle liquid fruit pectin

- Mix apricots, lemon juice, and sugar.

- Boil until apricots are soft.

- Remove from heat.

- Stir in pectin.

- Stir and skim for five minutes.

- Pour into hot jars.

- Adjust lids immediately and process in a boiling water (212 F) bath for five minutes.

- Remove and complete seals unless closures are self-sealing.

Recipe from:

Farm Journal Freezing & Canning Cookbook

Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, 1963