Pear-Apple Jam
- 2 cups pears finely-chopped peeled cored, abt 2 lbs
- 1 cup apples finely-chopped peeled cored
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- lemon juice cup bottled
- 6 ounces pectin liquid
- Crush apples and pears in a large saucepan and stir in cinnamon. Thoroughly mix sugar and lemon juice with fruits and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Immediately stir in pectin. Bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard l minute, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat, quickly skim off foam, and fill hot, sterile jars leaving l/4-inch headspace. Adjust lids and process in a boiling water bath for 5 minutes.
- To sterilize empty jars, place them right side up on the rack in a boiling-water canner. Fill the canner and jars with hot (not boiling) water to 1 inch above the tops of the jars. Boil 10 minutes at altitudes of less than 1,000 feet. At higher elevations, boil 1 additional minute for each additional 1,000 feet elevation. Remove and drain hot sterilized jars one at a time as filled.
- This recipe yields about 7 to 8 half-pints.
apples, sugar, ground cinnamon, lemon juice, liquid
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Pear-Apple-Jam-1668328 (may not work)