SURE.JELL Strawberry Banana Jam
- 4-3/4 cups prepared fruit (about 2 quarts fully ripe strawberries and 3 fully ripe medium bananas)
- 3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
- 6-3/4 cups sugar
- 1 box SURE-JELL Fruit Pectin
- 1/2 tsp. butter or margarine
- Boil jars on rack in large pot filled with water 10 minutes.
- Place flat lids in saucepan with water.
- Bring to boil.
- Remove from heat.
- Let jars and lids stand in hot water until ready to fill.
- Drain well before filling.
- Stem and crush strawberries thoroughly, one layer at a time.
- Measure exactly 3-1/4 cups prepared fruit into 6- or 8-quart saucepot.
- Mash bananas thoroughly.
- Measure exactly 1-1/2 cups into strawberries in saucepot.
- Stir in lemon juice.
- Stir pectin into fruit in saucepot.
- Add butter to reduce foaming, if desired.
- Bring mixture to full rolling boil (a boil that doesn't stop bubbling when stirred) on high heat, stirring constantly.
- Stir in all sugar quickly.
- Return to full rolling boil and boil exactly 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat.
- Skim off any foam with metal spoon.
- Ladle quickly into prepared jars, filling to within 1/8 inch of tops.
- Wipe jar rims and threads.
- Cover with two-piece lids.
- Screw bands tightly.
- Invert jars 5 minutes, then turn upright.
- Or follow water bath recommended by USDA.
- After jars are cool, check seals.
fully ripe strawberries, lemon juice, sugar, butter
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/-18142.aspx (may not work)