Canning Recipes Plum Jam With Liquid Pectin Ingredients: Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method Cooking Directions: -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 4 1/2 cups crushed plums - (abt 2 1/2 lbs plums) 7 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 bottle liquid pectin To prepare fruit. Sort fully ripe plums, wash, cut into pieces, and remove pits. If flesh clings tightly to pits, cook plums slowly in a small amount of water for a few minutes until they are softened, then remove pits. Crush fruit. To make jam. Measure crushed plums into a kettle. Add sugar and stir well. Place on high heat and, stirring constantly, bring quickly to a full boil with bubbles over the entire surface. Add pectin; bring again to full boil. Boil hard 1 minute. Pour immediately into hot, sterile canning jars to 1/4-inch from top. Seal, and process 5 minutes in boiling water bath. This recipe yields about 8 half-pint jars. © 2008 canning-recipes.com contact