One of the special things about Colorado is the palisade peach. Grown in Palisade, Colorado and slightly smaller than the standard Georgia peach. The palisade peach season is late July to mid September. I recently have been making peanut butter sandwiches for my lunch and got inspired to make my own jam for my next sandwich.

I purchased about 16 peaches but used 12 peaches for the recipe (10 standard, 1 Saturn white, and one palisade) I have not tried the last two peach variety’s so I did a little taste test before making the jam. And truly I was not the biggest fan of peaches but this was an eye opening experience and peaches have definitely climbed on my fruit tier list.

The recipe is simple.

Ingredients: 12 peaches, 4.5 cups of sugar, and 2 Oz of fruit pectin.

Add peaches to large pan begin crushing peaches and cook on low for 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes crank the heat up to medium and watch until jam begins to boil. Once boiling add sugar and fruit pectin and stir for at least 3 minutes then take off heat. To test if your jam will jam you can take a spoonful of the jam onto a frozen plate and check after a minute to see the consistency. If it is still runny after the plate test boil for a few more minutes.

Once cooked take of heat and put in jars and enjoy your pb&js

This is my first time making jam but I’m sure this recipe can be applied to any type of fruit. So go out there and make a jam today.