I made grape Jam!!!

So I saw this 3lb box of black grapes at kents for 99cents! Talk about cheap! So I grabbed one up with my chicken and headed home. Now personally I've never been a big fan of grape jelly (or any jelly) im more of a berry jam kind of gal, but a certain someone I know just loves him some pb and grape jelly. So I decided to try a grape jam (made with pieces of friut instead of just juices) and see what happens.

I pulled all the grapes off the vine and gave them a wash, them I just threw them in the blender to puree (it made about 4 cups 'juice'  cuz there were some bad ones and I ate some too). I put it in a pot and mixed it with a box of pectin, bring to a full boil (while during constantly) and add 1, thats right 1!, cup of sugar. Boil for about 10 minutes (spooning out a little onto a chilled plate to test that if it is thinkening how you want) then pour into 4, sanatized, half pint mason jars and let cool completely. If you want to store them in the pantry you need to do a water bath immediatly after filling the jars. so put the jars in your canner covered by 2 inches of water and boil for 15 minutes.

I gotta say; black grape jam is WAY better than super sugary concord grape jelly!!

'they' say that you dont want the skins of grapes in your jelly because they get tuff when cooked. I didnt have this problem, there was also no way I was going to take the extra time skinning the grapes or trying to juice them without my moms old juicer thing. I dont know if its because I pureed them instead of just smashing them or if concord grapes are different somehow but it worked out well for me. Check out my Etsy shop for lots of amazing jam flavors. All the flavor non of the work http://www.etsy.com/shop/MummyMaid?ref=si_shop