Ingredients
- 3-2/3 cups crushed peaches (about 2 1/4 lbs. or 7 med)
- 3 tbsp. ball® real fruit™ low or no-sugar needed pectin
- 2 tbsp. bottled lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp butter or margarine
- up to 1 cup granulated sugar, sugar substitute, or honey
- 4 ball® (8 oz.) half pints
Directions
- Wash, peel and pit peaches. Coarsely chop peaches, and then crush with a potato masher. Measure required quantity of crushed peaches and remaining ingredients for your recipe; set aside.
- Sprinkle pectin evenly over bottom of the Pot fitted with the Stirrer. Add crushed peaches evenly over pectin. Pour lemon juice evenly over peaches. Add butter/margarine to help reduce foaming.
- Press Jam button – the cook time will automatically default to 21 minutes. Press enter.
- Wait 4 minutes for appliance to sound 4 short beeps indicating that it is time to add sweetener. Add sugar, sugar substitute or honey gradually while Stirrer continues running. Place the Glass Lid on the Pot.
- The appliance will continue to automatically stir your ingredients while it cooks. Stay within earshot of the Jam & Jelly Maker, the appliance will beep again at the end of the process signaling jam cooking is complete. Press cancel, unplug the appliance and immediately remove Glass Lid.
- Remove Stirrer using a pot holder. Skim foam, if necessary, from top of jam.
- Preserve the low sugar peach jam immediately, using 1 of the 3 ways listed here.