August 18, 2012  Raspberry-Plum Jam  12 oz fresh raspberries 4
large black plums, finely chopped 3 tablespoons powdered pectin*
2 cups sugar  Use a potato masher to gently mash the
raspberries. It should yield 1 cup crushed raspberries. Repeat
with the plums to yield 2 1/4 cups.  Evenly sprinkle the bottom
of the Ball Jam Maker with the pectin. Spoon the fruit in a
relatively even layer over the pectin. Press the jam button. You
will hear a beep at 4 minutes. Sprinkle the sugar over the fruit
mixture while the machine is still running. Cover and let it do
its thing until it beeps again. Press the cancel button and
unplug the machine. Ladle the jam into prepared jars leaving 1/4
inch headspace. Process in the hot water bath for 10 minutes.
Yield: about 4 8-oz jars. (I was just slightly under so I canned
3 8-oz, 1 4-oz and had a bit leftover that I just ate)  *I
recommend these jars of "flex" batch pectin. 3 tablespoons
equals 1/2 of a pouch of boxed pectin.   My thoughts: I recently
aquired the new Ball Jam M