Beth Hensperger

Fresh Peach Jam

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    2½ cups

    jam
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook: A Master Baker's 300 Favorite Recipes for Perfect-Every-Time Bread-From Every Kind of Machine
The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook

By Beth Hensperger

Published 2000

  • About

Peach jam is probably one of the favorites of all time, yet it is difficult to find commercially. Use slightly unripe fruit to get the most pronounced peach flavor. You can also prepare this jam with defrosted frozen, unsweetened peaches. Some peaches are very juicy, in which case the jam will cook up softer.

Ingredients

1½- or 2-pound-loaf machines

  • 3 to 4 large peaches (about 1 pound)
  • 1 cup sugar, or to taste

Method

  1. Peel and pit the peaches. Coarsely crush by hand with a potato masher, or pulse a few times in the food processor. You will have about 2½ cups.
  2. Combine the peaches, sugar, and lemon juice in the bread pan. Let stand for 30 minutes to dissolve the sugar. Sprinkle with the pectin.
  3. Program the machine for the Jam cycle and press Start. When the machine b