What's that you say? You say it's time for some JAM???? Woohooo it's jam making season and I am so excited for it to be here! So excited that my friend and I took off from work last Thursday to go raspberry picking and then to go make jam!
Aren't they beauties? We each picked 5 pints, 4 for jam, and one for ourselves. We decided to make one batch with sugar and one with agave nectar to experiment for my peeps at Wholesome Sweeteners, they've been looking for more agave jam recipes and I'm always happy to help! (especially when they send me agave to practice with! thanks guys!)
I can happily say our experiment was a very happy success!! Look at the color in those jars! Beautiful if you ask me.
This also brings me to a question... are you ladies and gents up for year 2 of the annual steph chows jam exchange??? I hope you are!! Sign ups will be starting soon so keep an eye out for all the late breaking jam news! (click on the image above to read last years round up!)
:) Now for the recipe
Raspberry Jam sweetened with Agave
recipe by Steph Chows
4 pints raspberries
2 cups wholesome sweetener agave nectar (2 containers)
love
5, 1/2 pint mason jars (to sanitize jars put them in a pot of water and boil for 10 minutes)
canning supplies: jar funnel, jar tongs, large pot to boil jars in
Rinse raspberries and check for any bugs (eww) place into a heavy bottom pot (I used a 5 qt pot) and add in agave nectar and a good helping of love. Bring to a boil while stirring constantly. Once it boils turn down the heat and simmer for 25 minutes (don't stop stirring it!). Remove from heat and place into sanitized mason jars (fill up to a 1/2 inch from the top of the jar - this is where a jar funnel comes in super handy) . Carefully wipe off any spills and place lids and rings on the jars. Use your tongs and place filled jars back into the large pot of hot water, bring to a boil and let boil for 10 minutes. Remove jars with the tongs and let dry on a cooling rack undisturbed overnight. Label your jars and give them to all those people you love :)
What's that you don't have labels? Well here you go then :) Just click on the image (so it gets big) and then right click on it and select "save to desktop". Then open the image and print to fit a horizontal 8.5x 11 sheet of paper. Done and DONE!
