Description
Chunky Homemade Apple Jam with rich apple flavor and balanced sweetness, perfect for preserving autumn apples.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 lbs chopped apples
- 4 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
Instructions
- Combine apples, sugar, and lemon juice and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight
- Freeze a plate for gel testing
- Strain fruit and boil reserved liquid
- Add apples and cook 20–30 minutes
- Test gel consistency using frozen plate
- Fill sterilized jars leaving 1/4-inch headspace
- Process jars for 10 minutes and rest 5 minutes
- Cool completely
Notes
- Use mixed apple varieties
- Stir occasionally
- Refrigerate after opening
- Prep Time: 5 hours
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Jam
- Method: Water Bath Canning
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
- Calories: 75
- Sugar: 17
- Sodium: 1
- Fat: 0
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 19
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 0
- Cholesterol: 0