Instructions: To prepare fruit. Sort and wash berries; remove stems and caps. Crush the berries.

To make jam. Measure crushed strawberries into a kettle. Add sugar and stir well. Boil rapidly, stirring constantly, to 9 degrees above the boiling point of water (221 degrees), or until the mixture thickens. Remove from heat; skim.

Fill and seal containers. Process for 5 minutes in boiling water. Remove jars, cool and store.

This recipe yields 4 half-pint jars.

Yield: 4 half-pints

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