First time making jam, this stuff turned out really good,w asn't really following a recipe so much as combining multiple recipes and winging it.
I had 13 cups of frozen berries from my garden -- I don't get 13 cups in a day, so I had kept freezing them until I had a bunch, 1 whole gallon bag full, it was 3 pounds seven ounces.
I added 3 very ripe bananas.
Added 1 cup of rum, 1 cup of light cranberry juice (only non-lemon juice in the house) and a couple tablespoons of lemon juice. I also tossed in some citric acid I had from cheesemaking because I thought, can't hurt right?
I got that boiling then ran it through a food mill to get rid of most of the seeds.
Then boiled it up again, added 1 pkg of no-sugar-needed pectin, 3 cups of splenda, 3 cups of sugar. I didn't want to only use splenda, since it doesn't have the preservative properties of sugar.
Made 9 small jars.
It was maybe too sweet though, I think in the future I would add less sugar. Definitely less.
It formed up really good, lids sealed nice. And was really really tasty, you can really taste both the banana and the raspberry.
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