Peach Freezer Jam
Easy peach freezer jam made from fresh or frozen peaches and less sugar than most jam. Delicious on toast or as a topping for vanilla ice cream, yellow cake, or in yogurt!
Ingredients
- 4 cups peaches crushed
- 3 tbsps lemon juice bottled
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 packet Mrs. Wages No Cook Freezer Jam Pectin
Instructions
- Wash, peel, and crush peaches.
- Frozen Peaches - allow to thaw in refrigerator or defrost in the microwave.
- Measure 4 cups of crushed peaches into a mixing bowl or saucepan.
- For thicker jam, bring peaches to a boil and remove from heat. Continue with following instructions.
- Add lemon juice and sugar to peaches and combine thoroughly.
- Let peach mixture stand for 10 minutes.
- Slowly stir pectin into peaches, combining thoroughly.
- Stir mixture for 3 minutes. Set a timer to be sure you stir for the required time.
- Ladle jam into freezer containers, leaving 1/2" headspace.
- Allow the jam to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Place in refrigerator and use within 3 weeks or label with date and contents and freeze for up to 1 year.
Notes
If you use another brand of pectin, please follow their instructions. Not all packaged pectin has the same ingredients and amounts.