Strawberry-Banana Jam
Delicious! And a type of jam I just cannot find locally…so, have to make my own!
Ingredients:
4-3/4 cup prepared fruit (about 2 quarts fully ripe strawberries and 3 fully ripe medium bananas)
3 tablespoons freesh lemon juice
6-3/4 cup sugar
1 box fruit pectin
1/2 teaspoon butter

Directions:
Stem and thoroughly crush strawberries, 1 layer at a time. Measure 3-1/4 cup into six or eight quart saucepot. Mash bananas thoroughly. Measure 1-1/2 cups; add to saucepot. Stir in lemon juice.

Measure sugar into separate bowl. Stir fruit pectin into fruit in saucepot. Add butter. Bring mixture to full rolling boil on high heat, stirring constantly. uickly stir in all sugar. Return to full rolling boil and boil exactly 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Skim off any foam with metal spoon.
Ladle quickly into hot sterilized jars, filling to within 1/8 inch of tops. Wipe jar rims and threads.
Cover with 2-piece lids. Screw bands tightly. Invert just five minutes, then turn upright. * After jars are cool, check seals.
*Or follow water bath method recommended by USDA (this is what I usually do -and did!).

Recipe makes about 8 (1-cup) jars of nummy Strawberry-Banana Jam! And it does taste very good.

