Strawberry Princess

In July my husband told me I was his Strawberry Princess. Why you may ask? Because I had just finished putting up just over 3 gallons worth of strawberry jam.To be precise- 12 half pints and 20 pints.  A few years ago we made the switch from full sugar jam to jam with some honey. I use Ball's no-sugar/low sugar pectin.  I played around with the amount of honey in each batch and this is the recipe we liked (It is slightly modified from the package directions)-

  7 cups strawberries, hulled and mashed

 (I did this when I picked them and put the bags of strawberry mush in the freezer. This makes the process so much easier and you can make jam at your convinience.)

1  2/3 cup apple juice

7  1/2 Tbl no/low sugar pectin

1  1/3 cup honey

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Place strawberry mush in large pot. Stir in apple juice and pectin. Bring to a rolling boil high heat ( I love rolling boils). Add honey. Bring back to a full rolling boil, then continue to cook for 1 min, stirring constantly. Take off the heat, skim off the pink foam  (the impurities) and place in an small container to taste later ( I've always loved eating it). Ladle your jam into clean, hot mason jars. Place new lids on, and screw on rings.  Process in water bath 10 min. Enjoy!

This yields about 4-5 Quarts Strawberry jam