5 cups prepared fruit (about 13 fully ripe bananas)
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 teas. ascorbic acid
3 cups sugar, divided
1 box lower sugar Sure-Jell
1/2 teas. margarine
Mash bananas, stir in lemon juice. Add ascorbic acid. Mix 1/4 cup of sugar
and the Sure-Gel in a small
bowl. Stir the sugar mixture into the bananas. Add margarine. Bring to
a full rolling boil. Stir in
remaining sugar and return to a full rolling boil. Boil one minute. Remove
from heat, skim foam. Fill jars
to within 1/8 inch of top. Wipe rims. Seal. Process in boiling bath 5 min.
Good luck, this won 1st place
at The State Fair of Texas. Oh, makes 7 jars.
Miriams Mom