Blackberry Jam...

Mr. Honey and I went to the Farmers Market in downtown Salt Lake City....

These are one of the things we went in search of....blackberries for jam. My boys cannot survive the winter without blackberries!

Do you want to know how we made it?

Okay...here goes!

We mashed up these beautiful berries to equal 3 cups of fruit....after we ate a few ourselves:)...

we added 5 1/4 cups of sugar and let it sit for 10 minutes to make sure it dissolved well.

I boiled one package of pectin in 3/4 cups of water for 1 minute.
...then I added it to the blackberries and mixed it well!

I prepared the bottles by sterilizing them in the oven...and laid the rings out.

Do you think the Martha Stewart police will come and get me for using her Wednesday dishtowel on a Saturday?...*grin*

I sterilized the lids by boiling them in water for a few minutes.

I took the bottles out of the oven and poured the jam in each one...a vintage teacup with a nice wide handle is just the right size to fill 8 oz bottles.

I always use the bottle grabbers that my Grandma Crane gave me from her kitchen when I am canning.

I filled the bottles leaving 1/2 inch space at the top for expanding and I filled 8 jars in this batch.

I put the lids and rings on and then let them sit out for 24 hours on the counter.

The next day Mr. Honey took them down to their new home in the deepfreezer for safe keeping until we are knee deep in snow and having homemade scones for supper:)