Banana Butter
"From my yahoo group"
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
8 cups
ingredients
- 4 cups prepared fruit (about 11 fully ripe medium bananas)
- 1⁄2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon fruit fresh
- 1 (1 1/2 ounce) box sure.jell fruit pectin
- 1⁄2 teaspoon butter (optional) or 1/2 teaspoon margarine (optional)
- 6 cups sugar, measured into separate bowl
directions
- Bring boiling-water canner, half-full with water, to simmer. Wash jars and screw bands in hot, soapy water; rinse with warm water. Pour boiling water over flat lids in saucepan off the heat. Let stand in hot water until ready to use.
- Drain well before filling.
- MASH bananas thoroughly. Measure exactly 4 cups prepared fruit into 6 or 8 quart saucepot.
- Stir lemon juice and fruit protector into prepared fruit in saucepot.
- STIR pectin into fruit in saucepot. Add butter to reduce foaming, if desired.
- Bring mixture to full rolling boil (a boil that doesn't stop bubbling when
- stirred) on high heat, stirring constantly.
- STIR in all sugar quickly. Return to full rolling boil and boil exactly 1
- minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Skim off any foam with metal spoon.
- LADLE quickly into prepared jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of tops. Wipe jar
- rims and threads. Cover with two-piece lids. Screw bands tightly. Place jars on elevated rack in canner.
- Lower rack into canner. Water must cover jars by 1 to 2 inches; add boiling water if needed. Cover; bring water to gentle boil. Process 10 minutes.
- Remove jars and place upright on a towel to cool completely. After
- jars cool, check seals by pressing middle of lid with finger. (If lid springs
- back, lid is not sealed and refrigeration is necessary.).
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<p>My rating system: (I don't like giving bad reviews, so if I don't like it, I'll just not review it.) <br /><br />5 Stars OMG, this is one of the most amazing things I've ever eaten! I can't stop eating it, and I've eaten myself into a food coma. <br /><br />4 Stars The recipe is wonderful as is. I can't think of a single improvement and I will most likely make it again. <br /><br />3 Stars This needed a little *something*something*. I might make it again, but will add my own improvements if I do. <br /><br />I love to eat! And I love to cook. I tend to take over the kitchen when I get in there. Even the dog knows the command get outta my kitchen! LOL. Cooking for other people and trying new recipes or foods is FUN! I have a small (but growing quickly!!) cookbook collection and one of my favorite things to do is to read recipes and plan meals. Rachael Ray, Horn of the Moon and Moosewood are favorites of mine. <br /><br />We spend a lot of time outdoors camping, hiking and backpacking. Yup. I cook in the woods too! I've made deals with my hiking buddies... If they carry in my food, I'll cook for them. I recently published a backpacking cookbook. Check out the website: http://www.onepanwonders.com <br /><br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/projects/200_PACpic.jpg border=0 alt=Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/projects/pacbanner.jpg border=0 alt=Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket /> <br /><br /><br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/untitled.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/200_artistrichardneuman-art-prints_.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/beartag_1_1.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/adopted_1_1.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting /> <br /><img src=http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/DUCHESS13/World%20Tour/AnimatedPRD.gif alt= /> <img src=http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/DUCHESS13/World%20Tour/ZWT2.gif alt= /></p>
