Blackberry Jam Recipe 1

Ingredients for Blackberry Jam Recipe 1

• Desired amount of blackberries
• 3 cups of sugar

Instructions

1. Put the berries in a preserving kettle, cover closely and let become hot. With a wooden pestle, press through a sieve fine enough to keep back the seeds.
2. Measure the pulp. For each 2 cups, add 1 cup sugar.
3. Heat slowly to the boiling point, stirring often.
4. Let cook nearly half an hour, stirring almost constantly.
5. Store as canned fruit or cook an hour or more and store as jelly.
6. This makes a particularly good sauce for cornstarch puddings and the like.