Crafting in the Kitchen

Hello Everyone,

Hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable weekend. My

weekend was not so relaxing. In my header picture is

just a couple of jars of apricot preserves that I made. So

I guess you can say that I was being a little crafty in the

kitchen. A friend of ours picked up some apricots and

cherries earlier in the week and gave them to my

husband to bring home. My husband wanted some

apricot preserves so I got some done for him. As to

the cherries, well they are just about all gone they were

so good that we just kept eating away at them.

Apricot Preserves Recipe:

      1 kg, or 2 lbs plus a few more apricots, of fresh apricots

 1 1/3 cups of granulated sugar (see notes below)

1/4 cup water

   2 Tbs freshly squeezed lemon juice

                                       

                                   

    Melt the sugar and water in the pan. Bring to a boil, then

           simmer until clear and slightly syrupy. (Watch the pot at

this stage or you might end up with a potful of hard

crystallized sugar!) Carefully sort and wash the apricots.

Halve them and discard the pits, making sure to get
rid of the stem end. (To them I just rip them apart

with my fingers - far easier than cutting them with a

knife.)

                               
Put about half of the apricots in the sugar syrup and
 simmer until the fruit is almost falling apart. Put in

the rest of the apricots and continue simmering until

they are almost falling apart, but not quite. The

whole procedure will take about an hour or more,
depending on how soft your apricots were to start with.
 Skim the foamy looking stuff off the top and toss.
Then fill jars.This recipe will only make to pints. Seal
jars and hot bathe I used this recipe but I quadrupled it.
I am going to link this tutorial at Brassy Apple for
her Tutorials. Follow the link below:
http://brassyapple.blogspot.com/2012/07/blog-linky-party-make-it-monday-40.html
Now don't forget HIMCR challenge #54 Super
Scarp Saturday.

   http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/07/himcr-54-super-scraps-saturday.html

Also LIIU Challenge #25

All Girl

to join in follow the link below

http://letsinkitup.blogspot.com/2012/07/challenge-25.html

Last but not least

The Let's Ink It up blog is moving to another challenge

blog with a new name: (No Matter Which Challenges)

Besides moving also some changes in the challenge rules,

but you can all read about it at the

No Matter Which Challenge blog.

So please join the new blog.

Until my next post Have a Splendid Evening!!