Clean apples and slice them. Remove cores. You can peel them if required. I have made jam keeping peels intact
Boil apples with water in a pan.cover and Cook over medium heat until apple softens completely
Mash the apples and strain or puree them
There should be no chunks in the apple left.
Return apple puree to saucepan
Add sugar and mix well. In case you want it spiced , you can add cinnamon and nutmeg for additional taste or skip them. Adjust sugar as per taste required
Bring mixture to boil. Add lemon juice or citric acid. This is important as this will prevent sugar crystallization on cooling. Do not add more else Jam will taste sour
Keeping cooking the mixture until it thickens. add food colouring if required and mix well
To know if it's done, take a bowl filled with ice cubes, take spoonful of liquid and keep spoon over ice cubes , liquid will cool. turn spoon sideways, it will not be like syrup and would have jelled onto spoon
In case its still sliding or syrupy, cook further
Warm and sterilize the jar used for storing jam
Pour the hot jam into sterilized jar. Do not fill upto rim, leave little space. seal it tightly
Place jam bottle in hot water for 10 minutes and then cool completely
Allow it to set for 10-12 hours before use
Refrigerate and use this upto 3 months
Now spread this lovely jam over bread scones etc and serve
