I found this recipe for Peach Vanilla Bean Jam on pinterest thanks to smells-like-home.com and I absolutely had to try it! The photo looked sooo good and the recipe sounded pretty easy. Off to the store I went and oh my goodness, peaches were almost four dollars a pound! My cart made a quick dart to the freezer section. Still a bit high, but I could buy a five pound bag for about $8.60 compared to the three pounds the recipe called for for $11.00. Hmmmm...2 more pounds and less money? Yeah, that's the deal I'm making. So I'll have to fudge the amounts for the rest of the recipe...I'll wing it.
I dumped the whole five pound bag into a large pot and since the recipe called for 3 1/2 cups sugar for 3 lbs of peaches I used 5 1/2 cups of sugar. About a cup per pound, pretty easy math :). But, man oh man, look how much sugar that is!!!
Not for the sugar faint of heart (or diabetics...). I added the juice of 2 lemons and then the seeds of 2 vanilla beans, which I didn't realize are so expensive ($8 for 2 pods)! I tossed in the pods and gave it all a good stir while it heated up to a mild boil over medium high heat.
Yummmm...The recipe stated that the peach mixture needed to simmer for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Um, the extra 2 pounds doubled the time and I still got a soft set jam...But that gave me more than enough time to get my supplies together. First, wash the jars.
Then, break out the canner!
I decorated mine because, well, that's just how I roll.
Fill it with water and get it heating. Then I placed the jars in a water bath to get them ready for filling. I also did the same with the lids. I filled the jars (three hours later) using a funnel. Got out the air bubbles, wiped off the rims, attached the lids and into the water bath they go!
Fifteen to twenty minutes later out they come!
And the next morning - well, straight on to my biscuit!
A bit sweet, but a lot delicious!
I dumped the whole five pound bag into a large pot and since the recipe called for 3 1/2 cups sugar for 3 lbs of peaches I used 5 1/2 cups of sugar. About a cup per pound, pretty easy math :). But, man oh man, look how much sugar that is!!!
Not for the sugar faint of heart (or diabetics...). I added the juice of 2 lemons and then the seeds of 2 vanilla beans, which I didn't realize are so expensive ($8 for 2 pods)! I tossed in the pods and gave it all a good stir while it heated up to a mild boil over medium high heat.
Yummmm...The recipe stated that the peach mixture needed to simmer for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Um, the extra 2 pounds doubled the time and I still got a soft set jam...But that gave me more than enough time to get my supplies together. First, wash the jars.
Then, break out the canner!
I decorated mine because, well, that's just how I roll.
Fill it with water and get it heating. Then I placed the jars in a water bath to get them ready for filling. I also did the same with the lids. I filled the jars (three hours later) using a funnel. Got out the air bubbles, wiped off the rims, attached the lids and into the water bath they go!
Fifteen to twenty minutes later out they come!
And the next morning - well, straight on to my biscuit!
A bit sweet, but a lot delicious!
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