I dont know if you've ever had homemade strawberry jam before, but my mom makes it, and for years I thought she had some complex, super secret, passed down for generations recipe... little did I know she just got it off the box of pectin that you buy at Walmart. HA! It is also the easiest recipe in the world. All of the 3 ingredients can be found at any local grocery store. Strawberries, Sugar, Pectin. So simple. (Recipe found here)
Well, now that I am a responsible, married, adult, and I have another mouth to feed (Spencer's) I have to worry about how many jars of peanut butter(chunky) we have on the shelf, and how many jars of jam we have left in the freezer, you know, the important things. Well, unfortunately our month of June was not one of our better months, not only did we have an unexpected hospital stay, but we also ran out of jam! Spencer had to break out the smuckers for a few weeks... poor guy. So I decided to finally get my butt in gear and turn on the Suzy-Homemaker switch for the weekend.
Obviously a Costco trip was manditory (they have the BEST produce). So after 3 cartons of strawberries, 60 mason jars (random sizes... and yes we go through 2 jars a month), 9 boxes of pectin, and about 36 cups of sugar!!!!! (I didnt say this was a healthy recipe... its just mouthwateringly delicious!)
Now, the recipe says that you can throw everything into your blender/food processor and call it good... however, my mom said that you end up with ruuuuuuuunnyy jam when you do that. So instead, I got stuck with the task of HAND MASHING 3 cartons of strawberries.
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Talk about tennis elbow.
But the ending result is fabulous...
(notice the random sized jars? makes it more exciting I think.)
We've made dozens of PBJ's (or just J's for me), Pancakes, Crepes, and coming soon, Scones!
I love me some Strawberry Jam!
Have a great day!!!!
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