PEAR - APPLE JAM

Our local market had some delicious looking pears last week and I had been wanting to make a pear jam.  I purchased five pounds of the fruit, but I am not sure how much was left when I went to make the jam!  I did have enough though, for the two cups of finely chopped pears called for in the recipe.

I searched for a pear jam recipe and came across this one for PEAR - APPLE JAM.   It is from Recipe4Living.com.  Great!  I still had apples too!

Ingredients

PEAR-APPLE JAM

2 cups peeled cored and finely chopped pears
1 cup peeled cored and finely chopped apples
6 cups of sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup bottled lemon juice
6 ounces liquid pectin (2 pouches)

Directions

Crush the apples and pears in a large heavy  bottom saucepan. and stir in the cinnamon.  Thoroughly mix sugar and lemon juice with the fruits and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly.  
Immediately stir in pectin.  Bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.  
Remove from heat, quickly skim off foam and fill hot sterile jars leaving 1 inch of headspace.  
Wipe jar rims, and cap the jars.
Process for 5 minutes for 4 ounce jar,  10 minutes for 8 ounce jars in a boiling water canner. **

Yield: 7 - 8 half pint (8 ounce) jars

 Note-  I was able to fill 8 half pints and 1 four ounce jar.  I usually have an extra jar or two ready to go, just in case.
** I amended the directions to include the canning times I use.