Description
A warm, chunky Spiced Peach Jam made with ripe peaches, lemon juice, low-sugar pectin, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and sugar. This homemade preserve has bright peach flavor with cozy spice.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups peeled, pitted, chopped peaches
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 rounded tablespoons low-sugar pectin
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3 cups granulated sugar
Instructions
- Peel, pit, and slice the peaches. Chop them into small pieces, then mash lightly with a potato masher, keeping small fruit bits rather than a smooth puree.
- Wash pint jars, lids, and rings in hot, soapy water. Keep jars hot until filling.
- Add chopped peaches to a large heavy pot over medium heat.
- Stir in lemon juice, pectin, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves.
- Bring the mixture to a hard boil over medium-high heat, stirring often. This usually takes about 20 minutes.
- Measure sugar into a separate bowl while the jam heats.
- Once the peach mixture reaches a hard boil that continues while stirring, add the sugar all at once.
- Stir constantly until the sugar dissolves and the jam returns to a full rolling boil.
- Boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly so the jam does not scorch.
- Ladle hot jam into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace.
- Wipe jar rims, add lids and rings, and tighten until fingertip-tight.
- Process jars in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes for shelf-stable storage.
- Remove jars carefully and let them rest undisturbed for 12 to 24 hours.
- Check seals before storing. Refrigerate any unsealed jar and use within a few weeks.
Notes
- Recipe yields about 3 pint jars or 30 servings.
- For pantry storage, use the boiling water bath method rather than inversion canning.
- For refrigerator jam, skip the water bath, cool the jars, refrigerate, and use within a few weeks.
- Use ripe yellow peaches for the brightest peach flavor.
- Opened jars should be refrigerated and used within 3 to 4 weeks.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Jams and Jellies
- Method: Water Bath Canning
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
- Calories: 90
- Sugar: 22
- Sodium: 3
- Fat: 1
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Unsaturated Fat: 1
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 23
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 1
- Cholesterol: 0