Be the first to Share your photo!Add + Photo Apricot Preserves Print Makes about 4 half-pint jars These beautiful, golden orange fruits are smooth and sweet, without being as juicy as a peach. Their faint tartness lends perfectly to a jar of homemade preserves. With sugar, lemon juice and a few pounds of apricots, you’ll have your own homemade spread that will last for months. Tweet Level of Ease: Easy Preserving Method: Waterbath Preserving You Will Need: 5 cups halved, peeled, pitted, apricots (about 2 pounds)3 kiwi, peeled and diced4 cups sugar1/4 cup lemon juice Directions: WASH whole apricots under cold running water; drain. To peel apricots, blanch in boiling water 30 to 60 seconds. Immediately transfer to cold water. Peel and and cut in half lengthwise,; remove pits and fibrous flesh. Measure 5 cups of apricot halves.COMBINE apricots, sugar and lemon juice in a large saucepan. Cover and let stand in refrigerator for 4 to 5 hours. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring until sugar dissloves. Cook rapidly over high heat almost to gelling point (220° F), stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Skim off foam if necessary.LADLE hot preserves into a hot jar, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Remove air bubbles. Clean jar rim. Center lid on jar and adjust band to fingertip-tight. Place jar on the rack elevated over simmering water. (180° F) in boiling-water canner. Repeat until all jars are filled. LOWER the rack into simmering water. Water must cover jars by 1 inch. Adjust heat to medium-high, cover canner and bring water to a rolling boil. Process half-pint jars 15 minutes. Turn off heat and remove cover. Let jars cool 5 minutes. Remove jars from canner; do not retighten bands in loose. Cool 12 hours. Check seals. Label and store jars. Share Your Photos Do you have a photo of Apricot Preserves you made?Share with others! Add + Photo
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