#Ball wide mouth jars update

I've never made Jam before, and this was really easy! I used Frozen Strawberries and just cooked on low with 3 1/2 cups of sugar until softened. Don't be in a hurry, I burnt it when I needed it that afternoon because I was in a hurry, and brought it to the boil too fast in a thin bottomed pot. It's better to use the heaviest bottom huge pot you have, and start the boil slowly, move it up in quarter increments until high, this way it doesn't catch and burn. I advise to follow it exactly, and it tastes a million times better than any jam from a supermarket. Each result tastes a little different, so yum. :)FYI, you need 4 punnets of 250g strawberries to get 4 cups of mashed strawberries.

#Ball wide mouth jars update

UPDATE : Gave it to Grandma, she loved it. After a minute I checked if I could run my finger through and had it jelled. I put three small plates in the freezer, put a small dob of jam on one and then replaced. It intensifies once it's boiled so don't think it isn't sweet enough if you first taste it. When you taste the mix just after the sugar dissolves, that is not the real sweetness. Next time I will cut the sugar - I was going to give a small jar to my grandma, but it is far too sweet. This only set as jam after a night in the fridge. The boil needs to be rolling - you cannot stir it down. Check out the mason jar pics of my finished jam. I got 2 and a half 16oz jars out of this recipe. Wait for it to 'set' After 48 hours you will know if you did it right. Your jam will not look like jam/jelly, more like thick syrup. I waited 5 minutes and then turned them back over. Place the strawberry jam mixture in the hot jars and put the lid on right away and then turn it upside down. When you get the jars ready, after soaking them in hot water, use tongs and silicone mitts to handle the glass jars because they will be VERY hot. The first time I was unsure, so I gave it five more minutes of rolling boil time, then tried the plate test again. I did the cold plate test to see if the mixture would jell. If you put a lid on, it will boil over your pot.) 3.

(All you will see is bubbles all over the bottom of the pot and foam in some areas. I did not have a thermometer, so I brought the mixture to a rolling boil stirring consistency for ten minutes. Use a blender or chopper and puree the strawberries until you have four cups. (I didn't even know where to get the jars from because it is not 'the season' to make jam in MD yet! The craft store had the jars in stock.) Here are a few tips and/or lessons I learned. It was so easy to make and tastes great!!! My 9 year old son loves it.