- To prepare fruit. Sort and wash berries. Crush the berries. Put very seedy blackberries through a sieve or food mill.
- To make jam. Measure crushed berries into a kettle. Add sugar and stir well. Boil rapidly, stirring constantly, to 9 degrees above the boiling point of water (221 degrees), or until the mixture thickens. Remove from heat; skim.
- Fill and seal containers. Process for 5 minutes in boiling water. Remove jars, cool and store.
- This recipe yields 4 half-pint jars.
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Recipe distributed by Melissa Mixon, Ph.D., R.D., L.D., Extension Home Economics Leader and Human Nutrition Specialist |
