Microwave Peach Jam

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 32
• 4 cups frozen unsweetened sliced peaches, thawed
• 1 3/4 ounces powdered fruit pectin (1 package)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ascorbic acid
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional)

Recipe

• 1 mash peaches with a potato masher.
• 2 combine peaches with pectin, sugar, ascorbic acid, and lemon juice, if desired, in a deep 2-quart casserole.
• 3 cover and microwave 3 to 4 minutes or until mixture boils 1 minute.
• 4 remove from microwave, continue to stir 2 minutes.
• 5 pour into freezer containers; cover and freeze.
• 6 to serve, let jam thaw in refrigerator.
• 7 store jam in freezer up to 1 year, or in refrigerator up to 1 month.
• 8 yield: 2 half pints (about 14 calories per tablespoon).