Apple Marmalade
This is a classic, tested apple marmalade made with tart apples and a whole orange sliced thin for true marmalade flavor. It’s cooked to gel stage without added pectin, then water bath canned for a shelf-stable pantry preserve.
Servings: 48 servings, makes 6 half pint jars
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 lbs apples peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 2 medium oranges quartered, seeded, and sliced very thin, peel included
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 5 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions
Make the marmalade
- Prepare jars and a boiling water canner before beginning.
- Peel, quarter, core, and thinly slice the apples to measure eight cups. Quarter the orange, remove seeds, and slice very thin.
- Heat the water and sugar in a large pot until the sugar dissolves. Add lemon juice, apples, and orange slices.
- Bring to a rapid boil and boil hard, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches set point, which is 220 F at sea level. The set point drops by 1 degree for every 500 feet in elevation, so at 1,000 feet, for example, the set point is 218 F.
- Once the set point is reached, remove from heat and skim foam if needed.
Fill the jars
- Ladle hot marmalade into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Wipe rims, apply lids, and tighten bands fingertip-tight.
Water bath can
- Process in a boiling water canner for 10 minutes (or 15 minutes above 6,000 feet in elevation). Cool jars undisturbed, check seals, label, and store.
Notes
Apple amounts: Eight cups apples is about 3 pounds as purchased. Three pounds of apples is about eight medium apples, and eight cups sliced apples weighed about two pounds prepared in my kitchen.
Cook time: once at a hard boil, mine took about fifteen minutes of constant stirring to noticeably thicken.
Processing times:10 minutes from up to 6,000 feet in elevation; 15 minutes above 6,000 feet for half-pints or pints.
Nutrition
Calories: 96kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.02g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 44mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 147IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.1mg