Apple Pie Jam is a low-sugar or low-honey cooked jam made with Pomona’s Universal Pectin. Pomona’s Universal Pectin contains no sugar or preservatives and jells reliably with low amounts of any sweetener.
Servings 5cups
Ingredients
3 to 4poundof apples9 to 12 medium apples
¼cupup to ½ cup water
4cupsof cooked apple sauce (from ingredients above)
2tspcalcium watersee step #1
¼cuplemon juicebottled
½tspground cinnamon
¼tspground nutmeg
¼tspground allspice
½cupup to 1 cup honey or ¾ cup up to 2 cups sugar
2teaspoonsPomona’s Pectinmixed with sweetener
Instructions
Before you begin, prepare calcium water.To do this, combine ½ teaspoon calcium powder (in the small packet in your box of Pomona’s pectin) with ½ cup water in a small, clear jar with a lid. Shake well.Extra calcium water should be stored in the refrigerator for future use.
Wash jars, lids, and bands. Place jars in canner, fill canner 2/3 full with water, bring to a boil. Turn off heat, cover, and keep jars in hot canner water until ready to use. Place lids in water in a small sauce pan; cover and heat to a low boil. Turn off heat and keep lids in hot water until ready to use.
Peel core, and chop apples and put in a sauce pan with the water. Bring to a simmer and simmer covered, stirring and mashing occasionally, until you have chunky or smooth apple sauce. Remove from heat and measure out 4 cups of apple sauce.
Put measured amount of apple sauce into sauce pan.
Add calcium water, lemon juice, and spices, and mix well.
Measure sugar or room temperature honey into a bowl. Thoroughly mix pectin powder into sweetener. Set aside.
Bring fruit mixture to a full boil. Add pectin-sweetener mixture, stirring vigorously for 1 to 2 minutes to dissolve the pectin while the jam comes back up to a boil. Once the jam returns to a full boil, remove it from the heat.
Fill hot jars to ¼” of top. Wipe rims clean. Screw on 2-piece lids. Put filled jars in boiling water to cover. Boil 10 minutes (add 1 minute more for every 1,000 ft. above sea level). Remove from water. Let jars cool. Check seals; lids should be sucked down. Eat within 1 year. Lasts 3 weeks once opened.
Notes
Option: Feel free to use whatever spice mix you would normally use to make apple pie. Spices should not exceed 1 teaspoon.If you leave out all of the spices, you will have plain Apple Jam, delicious in its own right.