Huckleberry Jam Recipe

• 2-1/2 Pints ripe huckleberries, cleaned
• 4 Cups granulated sugar
• 2 tbsp Fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp Butter
• 1-3/4 Ounces fruit pectin

• Wash and crush huckleberries and place them, in a sauce pan.
• Combine lemon juice with it and stir in pectin.
• Bring it to a full boil on high flame, keep stirring.
• Add butter and sugar to it and keep mixture at a full boil for one full minute, keep stirring.
• Remove it from the fire and skim off any foam that has been formed.
• Place it in the hot sterile jars and leave 1/2 inch free at the top of the jar when capping.
• Process it in hot water bath for about 5 minutes.