Making Jams and Jellies
Blueberry-Spice Jam
with powdered pectin
- 2-1/2 pints ripe blueberries
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg or cinnamon
- 5-1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 box (1-3/4 oz) powdered pectin
Yield: About 5 half-pints
Please read Using Boiling Water Canners before beginning. If this is your first time canning, it is recommended that you read Principles of Home Canning.
Procedure: Wash and thoroughly crush blueberries, one layer at a time, in a saucepan. Add lemon juice, spice, and water. Stir in the pectin and bring mixture to a full, rolling boil over high heat, stirring frequently. Add the sugar and return to a full rolling boil. Boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat, quickly skim off foam, and fill sterile jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace.
For more information on how to sterilize jars see "Sterilization of Empty Jars".
Adjust lids and process as recommended in Table 1.
| Table 1. Recommended
process time for Blueberry-Spice Jam in a boiling-water
canner. |
| |
Process Time at Altitudes of |
| Style of Pack |
Jar Size |
0 - 1,000 ft |
1,001 - 6,000 ft |
Above 6,000 ft |
| Hot |
Half-pints or pints |
5 min |
10 |
15 |
This document was adapted from the "Complete Guide to Home Canning," Agriculture
Information Bulletin No. 539, USDA, revised 2009.
Reviewed November 2009.
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