Best Ball Blue Book Plum Jam Recipes

BALL BLUE BOOK PLUM JAM

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Make and share this Ball Blue Book Plum Jam recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Chris Reynolds

Categories Low Protein

Time 30m

Yield 8 half pints

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

6 cups plums, pitted and chopped
3/4 cup water
7 cups sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 (1 3/4 ounce) package dry pectin

Steps:

Never double canning recipe!
Combine plums, water, lemon juice, and 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" 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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 754.9, Fat 0.4, Sodium 14.9, Carbohydrate 194.9, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 187, Protein 0.9

BALL BLUE BOOK PEACH OR PEAR JAM

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Homemade peach or pear jam. Recipe taken from the Ball Blue Book of Preserving. Yields about 8 half-pints (I got slightly more).

Provided by BecR2400

Categories Pears

Time 1h

Yield 8 half-pints

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

1 quart peaches (peeled, pitted or cored, and finely chopped, 4 cups equals 1 quart or about 5 pounds peaches or pear) or 1 quart pear (peeled, pitted or cored, and finely chopped, 4 cups equals 1 quart or about 5 pounds peaches or pear)
7 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 (3 ounce) envelope liquid pectin

Steps:

Combine fruit, sugar and lemon juice in a large saucepan. Bring slowly to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.
Stir in liquid pectin. Return to a rolling boil. Boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat. Skim foam if necessary.
Ladle hot jam into hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Adjust two-piece caps.
Process 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner. (Note: Add appropriate additional processing time for high altitudes).
Recipe variation:.
Add 1 teaspoon whole cloves, 1/2 teaspoon whole allspice and 1 cinnamon stick tied in a spice bag to jam during cooking. Remove spice bag before filling jars.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 761.9, Fat 0.2, Sodium 0.1, Carbohydrate 196.4, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 194.7, Protein 0.8

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