Categories: conserves, jams, jelly, marmalades, preserves
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb. dried peaches
- 1/2 lb. dried apricots
- 1/2 lb. prunes
- 1 orange
- 12 cup seedless raisins
- 1/4 cup nut meats
- 1 1/4 lbs. sugar
Directions
- Wash, soak and simmer dried fruits until very tender, then press though a sieve. Grate orange, add peel and juice to fruits, also raisins, chopped fine, and nuts meats cut into small pieces. Simmer all together 10 minutes; then add sugar and cook until rich and thick.
- (use boiling water bath method from canning purposes as the old method is less reliable)
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makes about 3 pints