Certo: A Short Cut to Better Jams and Jellies

by General Foods Corporation

SLICED STRAWBERRY JAM

4 cups (2 lbs.) prepared fruit

6 cups (2 lbs. 10 oz.) sugar

½ bottle Certo

To prepare fruit, cut about 2 quarts fully ripe berries in halves lengthwise; large berries in quarters. Add 1 cup sugar, mix and let stand 15 minutes. This cup of sugar is in addition to the 6 cups specified above. Measure sugar and prepared fruit into large kettle, packing fruit into cup; mix well, and bring to a full rolling boil over hottest fire. Stir constantly before and while boiling. Boil hard 1 minute. Remove from fire and stir in Certo. Stir and skim for 5 minutes. Pour quickly. Paraffin at once. Makes about 9 glasses (6 fluid ounces each).

JAM FROM CANNED FRUIT

Use unsweetened fruit. Follow recipe for fresh fruit jam, substituting ¼ cup lemon juice for ¼ cup of the prepared fruit specified. For fresh fruit jam recipes, see Index to Jam Recipes ([page 3]).

RED CURRANT JAM
GOOSEBERRY JAM

4 cups (2 lbs.) prepared fruit

7½ cups (3¼ lbs.) sugar