Description
Preserve your fresh peaches for delicious breakfasts, lunches and sacks. This is peach freezer jam comes together in less than 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- 2 cups ripe peaches, peeled and pit removed
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons lime or lemon juice
- 1 package (1.75 ounce) no-sugar-needed fruit pectin
- ¾ cup water
- 4–5 drops orange food coloring (optional)
Instructions
- Rinse: Rinse and dry 6 half pint jars (or whatever jars you choose to use).
- Pulse: Using a food processor or blender, pulse peaches until they are finely diced, but not completely mashed.
- Mix: Measure 2 cups of peaches and place in a large mixing bowl. Add in sugar one cup at a time, stirring well after each addition.
- Juice: Stir in lime (or lemon) juice. Let sit for 10 minutes.
- Prepare Pectin: In a small pan over medium-high heat, whisk together water, pectin and food color, if desired.
- Boil: Bring pectin to a rolling boil and set timer for 1 minute. Stir constantly for 1 minute and take off heat.
- Dissolve: Add hot pectin to peach mixture and stir until sugar has dissolved.
- Fill: Pour jam into jars. Leave ½ inch of headspace from the top of the container. Cover jam tightly with a lid and let sit at room temperature for 24 hours before refrigerating or freezing.
Notes
Allow jam to sit at room temperature for 24 hours to set. Refrigerate for up to 4 weeks or freeze for up to 1 year.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes
- Category: Condiment
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
- Calories: 65 kcal
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 3 mg
- Fat: 1 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg