Honey Sweetened Fruit Preserves

• 6 pounds of your favorite fruit or berries
• 3 3/4 cups honey
• 1 1/2 unpeeled apples, grated
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1. Wash and sterilize canning jars. Boil the flat parts of the lids in a small pot and keep at a low simmer.
2. In a large pot over medium-high heat, add fruit, honey, grated apple, and lemon juice. Allow mixture to come to a boil. Mash the fruit with a potato masher and skim off any foam that may form and discard.
3. When mixture has come to a boil, lower the heat to medium and allow the mixture to continue to softly boil for  30 – 60 minutes. Tip: Stir regularly to ensure fruit is not sticking to the sides. The longer the jam cooks, the thicker the final product will be.
4. Remove jam from heat and let sit for a couple of minutes, stirring occasionally. It will thicken slightly. Ladle jam into hot jars, then place a flat lid on jars, and add screw rings.
5. Immerse jars in hot water bath, and boil rapidly for 8 min. Remove from bath and place on a towel on the counter to cool. If jars aren’t sealed within 12 hours then move them to the fridge and eat within 3 – 4 weeks.

Tess Pennington is the author of The Prepper’s Blueprint, a comprehensive guide that uses real-life scenarios to help you prepare for any disaster. Because a crisis rarely stops with a triggering event the aftermath can spiral, having the capacity to cripple our normal ways of life. The well-rounded, multi-layered approach outlined in the Blueprint helps you make sense of a wide array of preparedness concepts through easily digestible action items and supply lists.

Tess is also the author of the highly rated Prepper’s Cookbook, which helps you to create a plan for stocking, organizing and maintaining a proper emergency food supply and includes over 300 recipes for nutritious, delicious, life-saving meals. 

Visit her web site at ReadyNutrition.com for an extensive compilation of free information on preparedness, homesteading, and healthy living.

• Honey Packed Peaches
• Water Bath Canning 101
• Dandelion Blossom Jelly
• 8 Fantastic Fresh Fruit Salads
• This Week’s Harvest: Strawberries