Strawberry Jam

On Wednesday, we headed over to a local berry "farm" (or so we thought). It turned out to be a field on the side of the road, but we didn't care as the strawberries were very tasty. We picked 3 very full buckets of strawberries. We enjoyed just eating them fresh and with some whipped cream. D enjoyed them on his cereal. But, I wanted to make some strawberry freezer jam like my mom use to make us growing up.

So, I spent a good part of the day hulling and cutting up the strawberries. D was amazed at how much sugar is involved in making jam. (Yes, I know there are low/no-sugar recipes, but it's not the same).

Anyway, here's the recipe that I used:

2 1/4 C crushed Strawberries
2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
4 C Sugar

Mix the above together and let sit for 10 minutes or so

3/4 C water
1 pkg powered pectin

Place the above ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir for 1 minute at a hard boil.

Combine the pectin and strawberry mixture. Stir for about 3 minutes. Place in freezer safe jars. Let the jam set up before placing in the freezer.

The jam turned out wonderfully. Munchkin even helped with a couple of batches. I plan on making some more, but I ran out of pint size jars....

Now, I just need to tackle making Strawberry Pie! Anyone with some good recipes for strawberries???