Bottling in the Fall

While Tim was hiking King's Peak with the boys, apricots came ripe on the trees. For FHE one night, we took to the task of making jam. I have always wanted each of our kids to experience this, as it is becoming a lost art.

Each of the three youngest kids spent 3 hours making batch after batch of jam. Anna was able to take charge at the stove, and cook 3/4 of our batches. After bottling about 25 quarts, we decided to dry the rest of our apricots. The kids loved their product. We celebrated by eating peanut butter and apricot jam sandwiches for dinner.
YUMMY!