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Marmalade on toast for breakfast. Yay! It came out fine. Same as berry jam - knock off one cup of sugar.
Another batch in the works. Now I know why marmalade is so expensive. It's not the ingredients (about $6 for 8 pints, which is way cheaper than berry jam!). It's the labor! It's a 3 step process just to cook it down, not even counting the processing of the filled jars.
But, it was fun and one more thing I can say I've done..

Don't double recipes. If you need to, make two separate batches. It takes longer to cook down a double recipe, increases time exponentially.
Remember that you can't just cut sugar, it's the preservative. Add more lemon or cider vinegar instead. Jam needs to be 50% sugar to ensure it doesn't go bad.

 

[Morticia]

Marmalade on toast for breakfast. Yay! It came out fine. Same as berry jam - knock off one cup of sugar.
Another batch in the works. Now I know why marmalade is so expensive. It's not the ingredients (about $6 for 8 pints, which is way cheaper than berry jam!). It's the labor! It's a 3 step process just to cook it down, not even counting the processing of the filled jars.
But, it was fun and one more thing I can say I've done..

Don't double recipes. If you need to, make two separate batches. It takes longer to cook down a double recipe, increases time exponentially.
Remember that you can't just cut sugar, it's the preservative. Add more lemon or cider vinegar instead. Jam needs to be 50% sugar to ensure it doesn't go bad.
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Nope, I don't double a batch. Had to knock the sugar back it was hurting my teeth to eat the jam.
I got 9 cups of liquid and added 8 cups of sugar. But the actual recipe only called for 6 cups of sugar.

 

[Generic]

Marmalade on toast for breakfast. Yay! It came out fine. Same as berry jam - knock off one cup of sugar.
Another batch in the works. Now I know why marmalade is so expensive. It's not the ingredients (about $6 for 8 pints, which is way cheaper than berry jam!). It's the labor! It's a 3 step process just to cook it down, not even counting the processing of the filled jars.
But, it was fun and one more thing I can say I've done..

Don't double recipes. If you need to, make two separate batches. It takes longer to cook down a double recipe, increases time exponentially.
Remember that you can't just cut sugar, it's the preservative. Add more lemon or cider vinegar instead. Jam needs to be 50% sugar to ensure it doesn't go bad.
.

Nope, I don't double a batch. Had to knock the sugar back it was hurting my teeth to eat the jam.
I got 9 cups of liquid and added 8 cups of sugar. But the actual recipe only called for 6 cups of sugar.
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Oh, you can add more sugar to a recipe, but you have to have at least that amount. Did you use the recipe that I gave you?

 

[Morticia]

Marmalade on toast for breakfast. Yay! It came out fine. Same as berry jam - knock off one cup of sugar.
Another batch in the works. Now I know why marmalade is so expensive. It's not the ingredients (about $6 for 8 pints, which is way cheaper than berry jam!). It's the labor! It's a 3 step process just to cook it down, not even counting the processing of the filled jars.
But, it was fun and one more thing I can say I've done..

Don't double recipes. If you need to, make two separate batches. It takes longer to cook down a double recipe, increases time exponentially.
Remember that you can't just cut sugar, it's the preservative. Add more lemon or cider vinegar instead. Jam needs to be 50% sugar to ensure it doesn't go bad.
.

Nope, I don't double a batch. Had to knock the sugar back it was hurting my teeth to eat the jam.
I got 9 cups of liquid and added 8 cups of sugar. But the actual recipe only called for 6 cups of sugar.
.

Oh, you can add more sugar to a recipe, but you have to have at least that amount. Did you use the recipe that I gave you?
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I used the one in my canning book. I didn't have the brown sugar. Or molasses.