Welcome to my Recipe Share! I love baking and creating delicious treats in our kitchen, and enjoying a cup of Earl Grey tea in my grandmother's Depression Glass tea cup, stirring it with my great grandmother's silver teaspoon. It's as if they were having a cup of tea with me! I miss them every day.
The kitchen is the heart of our home and my sanctuary. I start my day there, and used to write there, but the wireless is spotty in our neck of the woods, so I have to be 'hard-wired' to the internet in the office room I share with my darling hubby.
Mom taught my sisters and I how to cook, sew, bake and 'can' fruits and veggies from the garden and trips to New York State during the season.
Growing up, Fall meant rides to the country to buy Concord Grapes so Mom could make Jam. You can still have delicious home-made jam without the water-bath canner if you make freezer jam.
If you've been to one of my many book signings over the years, you may have received one of my recipe cards...they've gotten bigger over the years because...well the eyesight's not as sharp as it used to be. <g>
Mom's Grape Freezer Jam
Yield: 4 half pint Ball quilted
freezer-safe jelly jars
1 dry quart Concord
Grapes, washed. Put in a large saucepan with enough water to cover the bottom
of the pan.
Cook until soft, squishing grapes with wooden spoon or potato masher. Put through food mill to separate out the skins and seeds. (Note: if you don't have a food mill, you can use a strainer, but it's more time consuming)
Cook until soft, squishing grapes with wooden spoon or potato masher. Put through food mill to separate out the skins and seeds. (Note: if you don't have a food mill, you can use a strainer, but it's more time consuming)
Makes 2 cups of
fruit puree, return to pan with 2 cups white sugar. Cook down until thick.
Pour immediately
into 4 clean, sterilized half pint quilted jelly jars (only the quilted jars
are freezer-safe).
Let cool on the counter and freeze!
Note: *I leave the skins on for amazing flavor and beautiful color*
Enjoy making with your favorite fruit combinations ;)
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Let cool on the counter and freeze!
Red Currant Jelly (from our currant bushes)
Black Raspberry Jam (from our bushes)
Plum, Blueberry & Strawberry Jam
I use this recipe as my 'go to' freezer jam recipe and have made the following yummy combinations...so far:
Note: *I leave the skins on for amazing flavor and beautiful color*
- Red Currant Jelly
- Black Raspberry Jam
- Nectarine and Plum Jam
- Plum, Blueberry and Strawberry Jam
Enjoy making with your favorite fruit combinations ;)
Do you have a recipe to share or enjoy making or just eating jelly?? Leave a comment to enter to win a signed print or e-book copy of my contemporary Irish Western novella ~ Claddagh Ranch.
Happy Jelly-Making!
