Peach Jam

Ingredients:
4 lbs peaches (7 cups or so)
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 cups sugar

Directions:
Peel and slice peaches. For a peeling trick, place peaches in boiling water for 15-30 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon and dunk in cool water. Gently rub to loosen the skins from the fruit (I use a paper towel). Place slices in a large non-reactive pan. Sprinkle the sugar over the top of the fruit. Don’t stir–just let the sugar sit and seep into the peaches. It will help release the natural juices of the fruit. Allow to sit at room temperature for 1-2 hours.

Place pot on stove and bring to a vigorous boil. Using a potato masher or other handy kitchen tool, begin to mash down the peaches. Then using a wooden spoon or stick, continue stirring the peaches as they cook down, 25-30 minutes, or until they reach the gelling state. Using a funnel, pour the hot mixture into clean, dry class jars leaving about 1/4 inch at the top. Cap and screw on lids, leaving them rather loose. Process in a hot water bath for 10 minutes or steam canner.

Canned Zucchini Bread

Ingredients:

3 eggs, beaten

2 1/2 c. sugar

1 c. cooking oil

3 tsp. vanilla

2 c. grated zucchini

3 c. all-purpose flour

3 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. soda

1 tsp. salt

1 c. chopped nuts

Directions:

Spray 7 wide-mouthed pint jars inside with cooking spray and set aside. In a large bowl, mix 3 eggs, sugar, cooking oil, vanilla and zucchini. Mix together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, soda, salt and nuts; and add to the zucchini mixture. Mix well.

Fill jars up to the bottom of the Big "K" in the work "Kerr" on the jar.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 1 hour. If the bread rises above the top of the jar, just slice it off before you put your lids on so it will seal. While bread is baking, sterilize your lids. As soon as you remove the jars from the oven, put the lid on, as tight as possible, and it will seal by the time you get the next jar out of the oven.

Note: Place jars in a pan to bake; it's easier to handle them.
Note: When you want to use the bread, just remove from jar and slice it for serving.