Pecan Pie Jam

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 5 cups chopped pecans (pecan pieces if buying bagged)
• 5 cups sugar
• 5 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons ground ginger
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon almond extract
• 1/2 lb butter
• 5 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

Recipe

• 1 in a large stainless steal or enamel pot melt the butter over medium heat, add sugars.
• 2 stir until sugars are melted and then add remaining ingredients, stirring frequently for around 10 minutes, or until jam reaches a golden color-you do not want the jam as dark as the pie filling.
• 3 ladle jam into steril hot jars leaving 1/2 inch head space, and process for 20 minutes for half pint jars in a boiling water bath, at altitudes up to 1000 feet.
• 4 check seals when cool.
• 5 keeps for up to 6 months-mine never makes it past 2, everyone eats it!
• 6 **thisrecipe makes"around" 4 cups, depending on the nuts, how they are chopped and if you have tamped the measuring cup down well.