A delicious homemade fruit jam with just four ingredients, using fresh peaches, organic cherries, lemon juice and sugar. It's perfect for creating homemade favors for your wedding, shower or party, and has a beautiful pinky peach color that adds to the charm of this tasty recipe.
- 4 lbs. Peaches (10-12 whole)
- 3 ¼ c. Sugar
- 2 Tbsp. Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 Jar Cherry Man Maraschino Cherries
Halve and remove pits from the peaches. Cut into chunks and set aside. (You may prefer to peel your peaches first, we like it this way!)
Rinse and drain cherries, dice into small pieces, and set aside in a bowl.
Working in batches, place the peaches in a food processor, and pulse until chunky.
Transfer the peaches to the saucepan. Add the sugar, lemon juice, and, if you like, a 1/2 teaspoon salt.
On medium high heat, bring the mixture to a boil, stirring frequently to keep the fruit from adhering to sides of your saucepan. Continuing stirring on this heat until bubbles slow, any foam subsides, the pieces of fruit rise to the top, and the jam sticks to a spoon. This should take approximately 15-18 minutes.
Fold in the cherries, and stir gently. The color of the jam will change to a pretty apricot pink color. Allow the mixture to cool. Once mixture is cool, use a miniature ladle to fill the pint ball mason jars. Leave about an inch of space at the top to avoid spillage. Place in refrigerator to allow the jam to completely cool. This jam can be kept in the refrigerator for up to three months.
Doesn’t it look delightful? It’s fresh, fruit, and makes a perfect party favor. Below, we’ve added our fun ideas for decorating these jars, to go along with our Vintage Romantic Bridal Shower.