Each year I plan on making jam but seem to eat them or forget. This year I finally bought some pectin but then when reading the recipe and saw it called for 7 CUPS of sugar, I just couldn't do it. The jelly I give Chase for his PB&J doesn't have any sugar, but All Natural made with fruit juices. So making it with 7 cups of sugar wasn't happening. I thought about making it with less but the recipe strictly said "Do not cut back on sugar." So having never made jam before I thought it best not to compromise the recipe. Maybe next year....
4 comments:
these are such sweet pictures of your little boy. I can't believe jelly has so much sugar in it. All that processed white stuff too. Can you substitute with raw sugar and less of it? I will have to remember to pick up some blackberries at the store before the season ends, I love fruit!
Cute pics! I make strawberry jam with 5 cups of sugar. I know it's not that much better, but we don't eat it everyday. It's a treat for the kids when they get some.
Such a cute boy! Love the berry faces.
You can substitute white grape juice concentrate for sugar, but you need a special kind of pectin for no-sugar jam. I got mine at Sauders, but you can probably find it in a regular store, especially this time of year. I would Google for specifics.
I've seen sugar-free recipes for jam online. I have never made it myself so I don't know if it's good or not. Trina says she uses raw sugar with hers.
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