Preserving Method: Freezing

Makes 6 Ball® half-pint (8oz) Plastic Freezer jars or hot freezer safe glass jars

Try this recipe using Ball® Plastic half-pint 8 oz. Freezer Jars with Snap On Lids

You will need

• 2-1/2 cups chopped pitted apricots (about 21 medium)  
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice  
• 3/4 cup water  
• 5 Tbsp Instant Pectin 
• 5-1/2 cups sugar 

Directions

1. Place prepared fruit with lemon juice in a large bowl. Add sugar, mixing thoroughly. Let stand 10 minutes. Whisk water and pectin in a small saucepan. Bring to a full rolling boil that cannot be stirred down, stirring constantly. Boil hard for 1 minute.
2. Add cooked pectin mixture to fruit mixture stir for 3 minutes.
3. Fill clean plastic freezer jars or hot glass jars leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Apply lids fingertip tight and let jam stand in refrigerator until set, but no longer than 24 hours. Serve immediately, refrigerate up to 3 weeks or freeze up to 1 year