We have been eating our strawberries, a few at a time, for a couple of weeks. Today was my first real harvest of berries. About 12 ounces, nearly a pound of berries in one day. Woohoo. I made my first jar of preserves of the season.
12 ounces of berries make about one cup of crushed berries.
1 cup of sugar
1/8 cup of lemon juice
Boil until reaches about 220 degrees F or until desired thickness.
I didn't bother processing the jar in a hot water bath. I plan on making a pbj sandwich for lunch and then pouring the strawberry preserves on vanilla ice cream for dessert... yummy! Survival prospects for 1st jar of strawberry preserves- one very sweet, delicious second.
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