Reduced calorie peach preserves.
Peach Preserves
- 2 1/2 to 3 pounds ripe peaches (10 to
12)
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 (1 3/4-ounce) package of pectin for low-sugar preserves (low
methoxyl pectin)
24 packets Equal® or 7 1/4 teaspoons Equal® for
Recipes or 1 cup Equal® Spoonful™
- Peel, pit and finely chop peaches; measure
4 cups into saucepan. Stir in lemon juice and pectin. Let mixture
stand 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Cook and stir until boiling. Cook and
stir 1 minute more. Remove from heat; stir in Equal®. Skim
off foam.
- Immediately ladle into freezer containers
or jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Seal and label containers.
Let stand at room temperature several hours or until set. Store
up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator or 6 months in the freezer.
Makes 8 (1/2-pint) jars.
Nutrition Information Per Serving (1/2-pint):
10 cal., 0 g pro., 3 g carbo., 0 g fat, 0 mg chol., 3 mg sodium.
Food Exchanges: Free Food.
Recipe provided courtesy of Merisant Corporation
® and the NutraSweet Company, makers of Equal®.
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