Making jam

I've never made homemade jelly or jam but when my daughter had blackberries that she didn't want I thought now would be a good time to try. I decided to try freezer (no cook) jam. It was really very easy.

Things were going well after I mashed up all the berries until I dropped the masher and it fell on the dog and splattered all over everything!

The ingredients were only blackberries, Sure Jell, sugar and water. But since my little jars didn't have lids I had to seal them with wax.

The only part of the jelly making that required cooking was disolving the sugar into the pectin. It almost boiled over a couple of times.



Here's the finished product. It had to sit for 24 hours and then go into the freezer. I only wanted small jars so we could try it and not waste it if we didn't like it. I'm pretty pleased with the way it came out. I hope it tastes good too.