An Easy and Delicious Peach Jam

Are you a peach jam lover? It’s a huge favorite in our house. I’m sharing an easy and delicious recipe that will give you the best results.

Is there Peach Jam in your pantry or fridge right now?

If so, there may be a need for you to make this recipe.

Three ingredients.

Made in about an hour.

What are you waiting for?

Seriously, if you don’t consider yourself a canner? This may be the one to launch yourself into…perfect for adding to your pantry…or to make for Christmas gifts.

You see?

For some reason? Most people love receiving homemade gifts these days…and a homemade peach jam?

You might be the hit of gift giving!

Where do you begin?

If you are a home canner, you should have a water bath canner, jars, rings and lids, and a jar lifter to complete this task.

Next, make sure that you have wonderful home grown peaches that are ripe and full of flavor for this one.

Check your pantry for the needed sugar, and you are ready to begin.

Here’s the recipe…so simple and delicious.

Peach Jam

An easy and delicious peach jam perfect for topping toast or biscuits.

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

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Total Time 1 day d 30 minutes mins

Course Canning fruit jam

Cuisine American

Servings 8 half pints

Equipment

• 1 water bath canner, with rack and lid
• 1 Stove
• 1 Jar lifter
• 8 half pint jars, lids and rings OR 4 pint jars
• 1 funnel
• 1 Ladle
• 1 stainless steel or ceramic lined pot

Ingredients

  

• 2 qts peaches, peeled pitted, and crushed
• 1/2 C water
• 6 C granulated sugar

Instructions

 

• Wash jars, lids and rings.

  NOTE: It is no longer recommended to boil lids…boiling lids may prevent them from sealing.
• Add enough water to the water bath canner that it will cover the jars when filled by an inch.

  Begin heating water in canner.
• Add canning jars to canner to keep hot until filling.
• Peel peaches and remove pits.
• Chop finely until you have crushed peaches, not pureed, consistency, either by hand or pulse in a food processor.

  NOTE: I chose hand chopping to leave larger pieces of peach in my jam.
  
• Add peaches and water to pot and cook gently for about 10 minutes.
• Add sugar, stirring until dissolved.
  
• Bring slowly to a boil, about 15 minutes to a gelling point, stirring to prevent sticking.
• Turn off heat and skim off foam, if needed.
• Carefully remove jars from canner, emptying water from them and set them on a heat resistant surface to begin filling with the hot jam.
• Set a funnel in jar and ladle peach jam into jar leaving a 1/4" headspace.
  
• Using a clean, damp dishcloth, wipe top of jar clean, add lid and tighten ring to just finger tight.
• Use the jar lifter to submerse back into the water bath canner.
  
• When all jars are loaded, make sure there is at least 1" water covering the jars, cover with the lid and bring to a boil.
  
• When the canner begins boiling, begin 15 minute processing timer.
• After processing time has ended, carefully remove from canner and set on a towel lined surface out of drafts for 12-24 hours.
• Check to make sure that all lids have sealed or "pinged" before labeling and adding to your pantry.
  
• Jam is best used within one year.
• Always keep refrigerated after opening. Enjoy!

Notes

A favorite peach jam recipe that never disappoints! Enjoy on toast, biscuits, English muffins, or even waffles.

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Watch that all of the jars “ping” which lets you know that the lids have sealed and are inverted.

Don’t move them for 12-24 hours to ensure that they stay sealed…and that they are out of drafts.

Don’t forget to label and date each jar and use them within a year after making them.

If you are giving as gifts, adding cardstock or ribbon toppers make them even more perfect.

Will peach jam make your Christmas gift giving?

Well, jams of ALL types will be given this year.

And the recipients often tell me which kind are their favorite gift to receive.

Which jam would be your favorite to receive?

• Peach Jam
• Blackberry Jam
• Carrot Cake Jam
• Pineapple Jalapeno Jam
• Apple Jam

I’d love to know which you would choose in the comments.

If you are new to canning, I’ll attach shopping links for you here…no extra cost for you…but, as an affiliate for Walmart, Amazon and LTK, I may receive a commission if you shop using the links. Hope the links help you find things.

Thanks for joining me again for this crazy canning world I love,