Apple butter

We had an abundance of apples in September and I'd come across an easy to make apple butter recipe, so we gave it a try. Very easy and very very good. 

Recipe:  Meghan Markles Apple Butter

Plum jam

We bought a ton of plums last week at Millarville. Even though we were eating them everyday I was worried they would go bad before we could get through all of them. On Sunday I found a pack of freezer jam pectin in the pantry.
Plum Jam!


Plum Freezer Jam
adapted from the back of a package of Club House No Cook Freezer Jam gelling powder
4 cups of finely chopped plums
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 pkg freezer jam pectin

Gently mix plums and sugar in a large bowl.
Let stand for 15 minutes.
Slowly sprinkle gelling powder over friut, stirring for 3 minutes.
Let stand for another 5 minutes.
Stir again for 1 minute, then pour into jars.
Seal tightly.
Use jam within 6 weeks, or freeze for up to one year.

Hands-free Raspberry Jam Part 2

For Ana-

250 g raspberries
250 g sugar

Heat over to 180'C

Put berries and sugar in 2 separate oven proof dishes (I used pie plates)
Cook for 20-25 minutes
Add sugar to raspberries, stir and spoon into a jar.
Store in fridge.


From "How to be a Domestic Goddess" by Nigella Lawson.

Hands-free Raspberry Jam

On my recent vacation, I was lucky enough to come across Nigella Lawson's How To Be a Domestic Goddess for a low, low price. While flipping through it the other night, I read her recipe for jam. It is ridiculously simple - sugar and berries and no boiling- but is so good.



Equal parts sugar and raspberries. Into the oven they go!




Out of the oven after 25 minutes. The house smelled so good.




Mix the sugar into the berries. It bubbles and hisses, and becomes...



jam.