Peach Marmalade

Total Time: 57 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• 1 small orange
• 1 lemon
• 1/4 cup water
• 3 lbs peaches
• 1 (1 3/4 ounce) package powdered fruit pectin
• 5 cups sugar (no less than 5 cups!)

Recipe

• 1 cut the orange and lemon into quarters; remove all of the seeds.
• 2 slice the orange and lemon quarters crosswise into very thin slices.
• 3 in a medium saucepan, combine fruit slices and water.
• 4 cover, and simmer the orange and lemon mixture for 20 minutes.
• 5 peel, pit, and finely chop the peaches.
• 6 in a 8-10-quart heavy bottomed stockpot/kettle or a dutch oven, combine orange and lemon mixture with the peeled and chopped peaches.
• 7 stir the pectin in the fruit mixture; bring the mixture to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. add sugar.
• 8 brign back to a hard boil , uncovered for 1 minute.
• 9 remove from heat; quickly skim off foam. stir for 7 minutes.
• 10 pour at once, into hot sterilized jars, and seal.