Ingredients

1 1/3 cups crushed sweet cherries (about 1 lb)
2/3 cups crushed strawberries (about one 1-lb container)
2/3 cups crushed raspberries (about 1/3 lb or one 6-oz container)
3 Tbsp Ball® RealFruit® Classic Pectin
2 Tbsp bottled lemon juice
1/2 tsp butter or margarine
3 1/3 cups granulated sugar

Instructions

WASH, stem and pit cherries. Wash berries. Remove stems and hulls from strawberries. Coarsely chop cherries using kitchen scissors or chef’s knife, and then crush with a potato masher. Crush berries. Measure required quantity of crushed cherries and berries. Measure remaining ingredients for your recipe; set aside.

SPRINKLE pectin evenly over bottom of the Pot fitted with the Stirrer. Add crushed cherries and berries evenly over pectin. Pour lemon juice over cherry berry mixture. Add butter/margarine to help reduce foaming.

PRESS jam button – the cook time will automatically default to 21 minutes. Press enter. WAIT 4 minutes for appliance to sound 4 short beeps indicating that it is time to add sugar. Add sugar gradually while Stirrer continues running. Place the Glass Lid on the Pot.

THE APPLIANCE will continue to automatically stir your ingredients while it cooks. Stay within earshot of the Jam & Jelly Maker, the appliance will beep again at the end of the process signaling jam cooking is complete. Press cancel, unplug the appliance and immediately remove Glass Lid.

REMOVE Stirrer using a pot holder. Skim foam, if necessary, from top of jam.

PRESERVE jam immediately, either by refrigeration or freezing methods listed here.

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