High-Yield Chunky Orange Jam

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    9

    half-pint jars
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Canning for a New Generation by Liana Krissoff

By Liana Krissoff

Published 2010

  • About

Here you’ll use the entire orange except for the seeds, and this results in a thick, soft, jamlike preserve.

Ingredients

  • 4 pounds navel oranges (about 8)
  • 2 lemons
  • 4 cups suga

Method

Prepare for water-bath canning: Sterilize the jars and keep them hot in the canning pot, put a small plate in the freezer, and put the flat lids in a heatproof bowl. (details.)

Cut the tops and bottoms off the oranges and lemons and score the peel vertically four or five times on each orange; remove the peel in sections, then cut the