Making Jam

I had bought a batch of Apricots at Costco but didn't take the time to check them all for their firmness. They were really soft and squishy... not that they had gone bad, but no one like soft and squishy apricots. So, the economical thing to do was make jam.

We started by halfing the apricots:

Then we added some sugar and water to heat to melt the sugar:

Once the sugar was melted, we added the apricots:

Then covered them with the melted sugar:

We let it sit, stirring occasionally:

We waited about 30 minutes, or until the apricots stated breaking down naturally. At this point, we added a little bit of lemon juice and some non sugar pectin to give it a jelly consistency:

We sterilized the jars and lids in boiling water:

Added the jam to the serialized jars:

And VOLIA! Home made apricot jam:

I can't wait until all the blackberries get ripe so we can make blackberry jam next.