Description
A classic small-batch Old Fashioned Peach Jam made with ripe yellow peaches, lemon juice, powdered pectin, and sugar for water bath canning.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups yellow peaches, peeled and chopped
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 box powdered pectin, 1.75 ounces, such as Sure-Jell
- 5 cups granulated sugar
Instructions
- Peel the peaches, remove the pits, and chop the fruit into 1/2- to 1-inch pieces.
- Add 4 cups chopped peaches to a heavy-bottomed jam pot and toss with the lemon juice.
- Stir in the powdered pectin and bring the mixture to a hard rolling boil over high heat.
- Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, mashing the peaches as they soften; mash firmly for smooth jam or lightly for chunky jam.
- Add all the sugar at once and stir until fully dissolved.
- Return the mixture to a hard rolling boil that cannot be stirred down.
- Boil exactly 1 minute, then remove the pot from the heat.
- Ladle the hot jam into prepared half-pint jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace.
- Wipe the rims clean and apply two-piece canning lids fingertip tight.
- Process jars in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes, or 15 minutes above 6,000 feet elevation.
- Turn off the heat and let jars rest in the canner for 5 minutes before removing them.
- Cool jars on a towel for 12 to 24 hours, check seals, and refrigerate any unsealed jars.
Notes
- Yield is 5 to 6 half-pint jars, or about 5 cups finished jam.
- Do not double this recipe because larger batches may not set well.
- For a softer set, sugar may be reduced to 4 cups, but do not go lower with standard powdered pectin.
- Use yellow peaches for water bath canning; preserve white peach jam only as refrigerator or freezer jam.
- Sealed jars keep in a cool, dark pantry for up to 18 months.
- Opened jars should be refrigerated and used within 3 to 4 weeks.
- For refrigerator or freezer storage, cool filled jars, then refrigerate for a few weeks or freeze up to 6 months.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Preserves
- Method: Water Bath Canning
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tablespoon
- Calories: 56
- Sugar: 14
- Sodium: 0
- Fat: 0
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 14
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 0
- Cholesterol: 0