it's time make jam whoa for this recipe which is apricot jam I'm using the recipe inside of this sure gel box this have these paper doodads in here so for cooked jam which is what I'm doing I need five cups of chopped apricots I can I probably have enough to do two batches actually but we'll take a little look-see I'm just gonna cut these in half and throw them in a bowl and then I'm gonna put them in the food processor to puree them nice and small because I don't like big chunks in my jam let me show you all a Burkitt's I have good all these apricots now some of them aren't very good because so we'll see what they look like once I cut them open here's a recipe I'm using okay so five cups chopped apricots pucker a cup of lemon juice and seven cups of sugar that's right you guys Jam is not good for you but if you want to cut down on the sugar do not use this one you have to use the low sugar variety pectin or it won't work okay so just accept the fact that Jam has a lot of sugar that's why it's so delicious I will not be peeling these see unpeeled apricots alright let's get cracking I've got two batches of jam right here in each pot I have five cups of pureed apricots adjusted in my food processor and a quarter cup of lemon juice in each okay when you make jam you should never do two batches in one pot it's just too easy to make things go wrong so I've got 1 packet of pectin I'm gonna put in each one right now and then I'm gonna turn these burners on turning and then we're just gonna stir these until they come to a boil and then we'll add the sugar I've got 7 cups of sugar going into each one and then we'll pour them in the jars after the sugar goes in and they boil for one minute continuously I have way more apricots so I could totally make more batches but I'm completely out of lemon juice and I think I don't have anyone packed in eater so that's how to get more for 1/8 more Jam take a few minutes we are now boiling sugars going in oh yeah jam is so delicious okay start stirring that puppy and then once we get up to a full rolling boil we will stir it at a full rolling boil for one minute and then pour it in the jars last step to the jam process is the canning process I have this wonderful very inexpensive canner you can get a Walmart for like 15 bucks I think I got this off of Amazon for 13 bucks and I've got a bunch of my cans in here with lids and rings screwed on finger tight this is hot water I did put a little splash of vinegar it helps it from getting some hard water in the outside of the jars and then I'm just going to stick my lid right on top and let it come to a boil and it's gonna boil for 10 minutes after you pull the lids will pop down just like this see how when I push it doesn't do anything it doesn't spring back that means it's completely sealed and shelf safe for they say up to a year but I've had them longer and they haven't gone bad okay pretty these are yeah I'm telling you I highly recommend making your own Jam if you can get any kind of fruit for cheap or free like I did on this case because the flavor of homemade jam cannot be beat it cannot be beat I hope this video inspired you to make your own homemade jams and jellies it's super super easy my grandma kind of taught me how to do it and I've been doing it for several years it's really not that hard and it tastes so I'm telling you once you've had a homemade jam you will never go back to the store-bought jam because it is not good I just found out that one of my daughter Haley's friends died in a car accident this weekend little 13 year old girl she played volleyball with Haley and she's done like hangouts at our house and stuff and I've been comforting I have my daughter's tears at my shirt comforting her and I'm being grateful that that my family is okay and oh my gosh just do me a favor and hug your family today okay you guys you just don't know when they're not gonna be there anymore and I know I talk a lot about other things on my channel money and food and groceries and exercise and stuff like that but honestly the only thing that really really matters is your family so just give a big hug and kiss and tell me love them today okay