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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
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Laurie
Montrose
CO
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 Posted - Jun 23 2011 : 5:48:54 PM
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Ok ladies, I've looked through many jelly and jam recipes and they all call for way too much sugar. When I did the math it was nearly a cup of sugar in 1/2 pint jar. I don't want to just use a sugar substitute. I don't think jam needs that much sugar. You only taste sugar then. Am I the only one that just likes the taste of the fruit?
So question. What recipes do you have that use maybe half the sugar or less?
thanks,
Laurie
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Singing Tree Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cari
Chase
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Jun 23 2011 : 7:54:41 PM
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I use Pomona's Pectin. You can use much less sweetner-sugar, honey or something else. I usually get mine from a bulk food place, the local amish store, or the health food store. There is a website by the same name, I believe, with more recipes and other stuff. I've been happy with it, used it yesterday for rhubarb-strawberry jam and strawberry jam. Yummy! (You are given a range for sweetner, like 1/2 to 1 and 1/2, I try to stick to the lesser because, like you, I like to taste the fruit!)
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
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Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Jun 25 2011 : 07:17:20 AM
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Thanks, I had picked up some Pomona's the last shopping trip, but had not made any more jam yet. Thanks ALee, will look into the chilover, Haven't yet.
Laurie
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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Posted - Jun 25 2011 : 09:32:51 AM
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Also I have never made any, but just by reading labels, butters have a lot more fruit and less sugar then jam or jelly. So you may want to look for butter recipes. (not milk dairy butter, what I mean is fruit/vegetable butters, like apple butter, pumpkin butter, cherry butter). I LOVE cherry butter versus cherry jam. It has whole pieces of fruit and such in it and I just love it. It's usually half the calories and at least half the sugar as jam.
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Less Sugar in Jam
