Spiced Golden Plum Jam Story

Golden Plum Jam

Homemade Preserves

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Ingredients

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While plums are technically a ‘summer’ fruit, the addition of the warm spices of cinnamon, cardamom, and ginger in this golden plum jam recipe make it more of a fall preserve, perfect for your toast or biscuit with your cup of coffee or tea on a cool-ish morning.

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Easy Steps...

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Put plums and sugar in a wide, 6-8 quart preserving pan or stainless steel saucepan. Simmer for 5 minutes. Then strain.

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Follow the rest of the steps for making this delectable jam on the full blog post. And be sure to check out my Jam Making Basics.

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Spoon your preserves into hot sterilized half pint jars...

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Follow my canning tips on the blog post!

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The brightness of both the color and taste of these fruits make especially lovely preserves.

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Golden Plum Jam

spiced with cardamom, cinnamon & ginger

spiced

Homemade Preserves

Perfect plum jam recipe for canning, morning toast or biscuit