Description
Homemade Apricot Jam brings sunshine to your breakfast table, dancing with sweet and tangy flavors. Summer’s golden fruit combines with sugar and lemon, creating a simple spread you’ll savor on toast or bake into delightful pastries.
Ingredients
Scale
Fruits:
- 8 cups (2 quarts) apricots
Sweeteners:
- 7 cups white sugar
Acidic Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
Additional:
- 5 canning jars (1 pint each)
Instructions
- Meticulously cleanse and remove pits from apricots, then create fine, uniform pieces using a sharp knife.
- Transfer chopped apricots into a spacious, heavy-bottomed cooking vessel and introduce fresh lemon juice.
- Incorporate granulated sugar gradually, gently stirring until completely integrated and crystals dissolve smoothly.
- Position pot on stove and elevate temperature to medium-high, allowing mixture to transition into a rolling boil while continuously stirring to prevent scorching.
- Maintain vigorous boiling, stirring frequently to prevent sticking, and monitor consistency transformation for approximately 25-30 minutes until jam reaches desired thick, glossy texture.
- Carefully extract pot from heat source and delicately remove any accumulated foam using a clean spoon.
- Utilize sterilized glass canning containers, gently pouring molten jam while maintaining precise 1/4 inch clearance from container rim.
- Meticulously cleanse jar edges with immaculate cloth, secure pristine lids, and submerge sealed containers in rapidly bubbling water bath for precise 10-minute processing.
- Allow jars to rest undisturbed at ambient temperature, ensuring complete cooling before transferring to storage location.
Notes
- Choose ripe, slightly soft apricots for maximum natural sweetness and best flavor intensity.
- Keep stirring constantly to prevent burning and ensure even sugar caramelization during cooking.
- Test jam’s readiness by placing a small amount on a cold plate – it should wrinkle when pushed with a finger, indicating proper gel consistency.
- Reduce sugar content for a more tart preserve by using low-sugar pectin or cutting sugar by 25% without compromising preservation quality.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 10
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 62 g
- Sodium: 0 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 65 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg