Easiest Mixed Berry Jam

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 6 (12 ounce) bags whole unsweetened mixed berries, frozen
• 6 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 chop the frozen fruit from each bag into pea-sized chunks (you can mash the thawed fruit with a potato masher if you prefer larger fruit chunks in your jam - i don't, i like jam that has a chunky texture, but spreads easily).
• 2 in a large pot, combine fruit and sugar.
• 3 bring mixture quickly over high heat to the gelling point (it actually takes quite a while, in excess of ten minutes - and stir constantly, or fruit will stick to the bottom and burn).
• 4 after fruit has reached the gelling point (thick enough to slide, as one 'flake', from a cold spoon), remove from heat.
• 5 ladle into sterilized jars, apply seals and rings, and process for 15 minutes, with whole jars submerged at least 1-2 inches under boiling water.
• 6 that's it! six bags, six cups. chop, mix, boil to the gelling point, fill jars, process, done, all in less than an hour.
• 7 note: the ball blue book calls for 9 cups of "berries" (i.e., blackberries, young berries, dew berries, etc.,) - six 12 oz. bags of mixed berries yields slightly less, but approximately that much.