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Easy Homemade Strawberry Jam Recipe To Brighten Your Summer Breakfasts

By Garima Johar

March 22, 2024

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The perfect accompaniment to your morning toast, you no longer have to buy canned strawberry jam filled with additives and preservatives. With this recipe, make your own jam at home and add it to your breakfast and desserts guilt-free.

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Ingredients

Strawberries - 4 cups Powdered sugar - 2 cups Lemon juice - 2 tablespoons

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Step 1

Take the fresh strawberries, wash and dry them. Remove their leaves and chop them into pieces.

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Step 2

Cook the strawberries on low flame and mix them with powdered sugar.

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Step 3

Add lemon juice and let the mixture simmer till the berries soften and the jam is thickened.

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Step 4

Check the temperature with a candy thermometer, and the jam should be done once it reaches around 100°C.

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Step 5

Fill and store the jam in air-tight containers.

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Step 6

You enjoy it for three weeks, and if canned properly, the jam can even last a year.

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