Blackberry & Apple Jam

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 6 1/2 cups blackberries (6 1/2 cups mashed blackberry equals 12 pints or approximately 2 pounds)
• 2 1/2 cups apples (peeled and diced)
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 4 teaspoons dry pectin (follow directions on your pectin box)

Recipe

• 1 wash, remove stems, and mash berries. make sure to measure 4 cups mashed berries.
• 2 dice apples into tiny pieces - leave skin on.
• 3 place apples and lemon juice in large pan on medium heat.
• 4 cook apples for 5 minutes until soft.
• 5 add mashed berries and cook until it boils, stirring a few times.
• 6 let fruit boil for 2-3 minutes.
• 7 in separate bowl, combine sugar and pectin and stir together.
• 8 add sugar/pectin mixture into boiling fruit and stir.
• 9 boil (high boil) for 5 minutes.
• 10 remove from heat and fill jars to 1/4" of top. (recipe makes six 8oz. jars).
• 11 wipe rims clean and screw on 2-piece lids.
• 12 let jars cool. you will hear a "pop" sound once sealed. you do not have to put jars in boiling water. just let cool on your kitchen counter. easy!