Cherry Berry Jam

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      Today I'm posting the jam recipe I promised on my Canning Cherries in Honey post, which has been so popular!  Hopefully you'll find this post equally delicious sounding, because it is really good!  
      When I canned the cherries, I found myself with amounts of cherries, raspberries and strawberries from my garden that were too small in number to can alone, so naturally I decided to make a jam!  

     Here are a few tips to remember when making Jam:

• Use ripe, good fruit!
• Put the pectin in with the fruit and bring to a boil before adding the sugar! This is a key to getting your jam to thicken.
• Lemon juice helps with the thickening also, besides adding a brightness to the flavor and the necessary acidity to the canning process.  As you can see, a little lemon juice is very important.
• Don't mess with the measurements of fruit to sugar ratio!  
• A little butter at the end of the process helps lessen the foaming of the jam.  

I wanted this jam to have a richer flavor, so I experimented with adding vanilla and cinnamon to it!  I really like it, but if you want to leave those two ingredients out, feel free to do that.  The taste to me is really yummy! 

For more out of the ordinary jam recipes, give these a try! 

• Blackberry Lemon Marmalade
• Orange Raspberry Jam
• Spiced Pear Jam
• Strawberry Ginger Ale Jam