Apple Maple Jam
Apple maple jam is perfect to serve in many dishes. You need to have a jar or two on hand to take your desserts to the next level.
Servings: 5 half pints
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 quarts chopped peeled & cored apples
- 6 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon all spice
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1 cup maple syrup
Instructions
- Heat up water in water bath canner.
- Wash, peel & core the apples.
- Cut the apples into smaller bite size pieces.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix.
- Place the Dutch oven on the stove and cook until it boils on medium-high heat. You will want the sugar to dissolve.
- Bring the mixture to a rolling boil (that you cannot stir down).
- Boil rapidly to gelling point 220℉ to keep jam from sticking.
- The mixture should be thicker.
- Turn off heat and ladle jam into hot jars. If there is foam on top, skim off before putting into jars.
- Wipe down rim of jars with clean towel.
- Place band and lid on the jar, hand sealing.
- Put the hot jar into the hot water bath.
- Process the jars for 10 minutes once boil started.
- Remove from water and place jar onto a towel.
- Cover with towel and allow to cool slowly.
- Date and label the jars.