I love peaches. Mostly I love them fresh, but grocery store peaches in the winter shipped from who-knows-where are not tasty so I don’t buy them anymore.
I also love jam. So, what could be better than peach jam? Spiced Peach Jam.
I love this jam so much that I had to make another batch after I tried the first. I buy my peaches at the Farmers’ Market. I have a favorite booth for stonefruits and tomatoes. They always have a peck of peach “seconds” for me. I think I paid $3 for a half peck of soft peaches. We always eat a few but I got most of them into the jam:
Spiced Peach Jam
- 3 lbs peaches skinned and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 3 cups sugar
- 6 coins of candied ginger chopped into little bits (almost minced)
- 2 tsp. lemon juice
- 2 cinnamon sticks
Yum!
Combine all in a large, non-reactive pan and simmer until set. I always use the chilled plate method to test my set.
Sterilize your jars by boiling in a hot water bath.
Ladle hot jam into hot, sterilized jars and process in boiling water bath for ten minutes.
The jam improves with time as the ginger diffuses into it. I like it on PB&J sandwiches, but I love it in homemade yogurt!
This peach jam sounds delicious. I notice there is no pectin in the recipe???? I will have to wait until I get back to MI to make peach anything. The peaches we can get here in AZ are truly “stone fruits” as they are rock hard and inedible.
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I read this with great interest. As a teacher (retired now but still a teacher) I was amazed at what my students were being given as “proper nutrition” in the cafeteria every day. I am planning on becoming involved in the school garden and farm to school programs once I get back home.
The schools need all the help they can get. There is so much legislation and political influence involved that it will take a lot of support to see positive change. There are versions of the school nutrition legislation in both the house and the senate now waiting for signatures; I hope they don’t make cuts to the bills.
I think I will have to try peach jam now. You are making my mouth water
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