These came from a great canning group I am on. I have not tried them yet, but they sound wonderful!
Banana Jam
8 ripe bananas
3 lemons medium size
3 cups granulated sugar
3 cups water
Piece of dried or peeled ginger about the size of a
large olive.
Some cloves
Squeeze the juice from the lemons and slice the rind
into paper-thin strips.
Boil the sugar and water about 10 minutes, then add
the lemon juice and rind, the bananas carefully
mashed, the ginger and few cloves. Cook this slowly
for ½ to ¾ of an hour. Stir carefully so that it will
not scorch. It will become a pale-yellow mush, and
does not need to be tested for proper consistency.
Take out the ginger before you put it into the jars.
Makes about 7 eight-ounce glasses.
Banana Jam
5 cups prepared fruit (about 13 fully ripe bananas)
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 teas. Ascorbic acid
3 cups sugar, divided
1 box lower sugar Sure-Jell
1/2 teas. Margarine
Mash, bananas, stir in lemon juice. Add ascorbic acid.
Mix 1/4 cup of sugar and the Sure-Gel in a small bowl.
Stir the sugar mixture into the bananas. Add
margarine. Bring to a full rolling boil. Stir in
remaining sugar and return to a full rolling boil.
Boil one minute. Remove from heat, skim foam. Fill
jars to within 1/8 inch of top. Wipe rims. Seal.
Process in boiling bath 5 min. Good luck, this won 1st
place at The State Fair of Texas. Oh, makes 7 jars.
Banana-Walnut Jam
8 ripe bananas, about medium size
3 fine lemons, medium size
3 cups granulated sugar
3 cups water
About 1 Tablespoon cinnamon (may add more to taste)
Some whole cloves (about 1 teaspoon)
About 1 cup chopped walnuts
Squeeze the juice from the lemons and chop the rind
and pulp fairly fine. Boil the sugar and water about
10 minutes. Then add the lemon juice and rind, the bananas carefully mashed,
the cinnamon and cloves.
Cook this in a crock-pot for 3 or 4 hours. Stir
occasionally. Add Walnuts during the last hour. Cook
until it is a pale-yellow mush, and is as thick as you
like your jam. Makes about 7 or 8 eight-ounce glasses.
I bwb for 15 min. after sealing |
