Day 3: Supply List and Canning Equipment

Day 3: Supply List and Canning Equipment

The Strawberry Jam Challenge Supply List and Optional Canning Equipment

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Most of the items can be purchased at Walmart, Target and some even at your grocery store.

Canning is like starting a new hobby and there are a few expenses involved whenever you start a new hobby there are tools you will need to have on hand on canning day.

Print the list below and check off the items as you get them or print the directions for Strawberry Jam here.

Strawberry Jam Ingredients

• 4 Cups of sliced strawberries, (about 2 quarts of berries)
• 7 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon of butter or margarine (optional)
• 3 oz Certo Liquid Pectin

Must Have Canning Equipment

• Half pint mason jars with flat lids and bands.

• Large Enamel Canning Pot to use to sterilize the empty canning jars and process the filled jam jars in a hot water bath.

• A rack for the bottom of the pot to keep the glass jars from sitting directly on the hot bottom of the pot.

• A jar lifter to safely and easily remove empty hot jars after they are sterilized and to safely remove the very hot and filled processed jars of jam after water bath canning.

• A ladle to fill the hot jars with hot jam.

• Damp paper towels to wipe and clean the edge of the filled jars before placing the flat lid in place.

• Dish towels to cover work surface and to cushion hot sterilized empty jars and the hot filled jars after processing.

• Large glass or plastic 4-8 cup measuring bowl

• Measuring cups

• A Potato masher to crush the berries.

• A large spoon to stir the jam as it is cooking.

• A wide mouth funnel for filling the jars with the hot jam.

• A kitchen timer.

• Dissolvable Labels (optional) can use a sharpie to write on the flat lid but the labels are really pretty.

• Ball 9 Piece Home Preserving Starter Kit includes a funnel, jar lifter and the tool to easily measure the proper headspace along with a small rack and two jars.

If you have any questions feel free to send me an email at flouronmyface@gmail.com with Strawberry Jam Challenge in the subject line or head over to the Facebook group and post the question there.

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