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Friday, October 3, 2008
My Jam Turned Out
For years and years I have been making freezer jam with MCP pectin. Everyone in our family loves the jam I make. So, while I was trying to finish up my peaches I stopped at the store to buy some pectin to make some jam. At the store they had raspberries on sale for an amazing price so I bought some and came home to make peach/raspberry jam. I was in the process of making the jam which requires stirring every 5 minutes for half an hour when I discovered that I did not have the corn syrup that I needed to go in it. I also did not have time to run to the store by the time I discovered this so I decided to see what happened if I did not add the corn syrup, I still added all the other sugar required. The instructions with the pectin tell you that the corn syrup is to prevent the sugar from crystalizing when it is frozen. I just made sure that I stirred the sugar in very well. Not only did the jam turn out but it is great. I think it sets up a little better and has a better fruit flavor without the corn syrup so from now on I will never add the corn syrup to my freezer jam.
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