Banana Jams

In case, like us, you have a lot of bananas and looking for something different.

This first recipe comes from one of our Facebook friends

Strawberry/Banana Freezer Jam
4 cups of mashed fruit ... for the strawberry banana i use 4 bananas and about 3 cups of strawberries ... 1 and a half cups of sugar or can use splenda ... 1 pouch of the Bernardin freezer jam mix .... stir and bottle or for freezer jam you can use any tightly sealed container and keep in the freezer for a year or fridge for a month.

Freezer jam is great to reuse things like pasta sauce jars as they don't need to be sealed ... commercial jars can explode when doing hot cooked jam or pickles.

Jamaica Banana Jam
The second one we found online

Ingredients 

• 1⁄4 cup fresh lime juice (about one medium lime)
  
• 3 1⁄2 cups bananas, diced (firm, ripe ones work best)
  
• 2 1⁄4 cups sugar
  
• 1⁄2 cup water
  

Directions

1. Place lime juice in a one quart measure.
2. Peel bananas and dice directly into lime juice.
3. Stir with a wooden spoon.
4. Keep stirring as you dice each banana into the lime juice to prevent darkening.
5. Measure sugar and water into a wide 2½ quart saucepan, and stir to dissolve sugar as you bring syrup to a boil.
6. Cover tightly for the first 2 minutes (so the steam will wash sugar crystals from side of saucepan) then uncover, add bananas (with lime) and boil over low heat for about 30 minutes or until thick.
7. Stir often to prevent sticking, especially during last 10 minutes.
8. Jam is done when a spoon scraped across bottom of pan leaves a track that closes slowly, or when jam mounds while stirring.
9. Fill hot, sterilized jars quickly with the hot jelly or jam mixture, leaving 1/4 inch head space.
   
10. Wipe the sealing surface of the jars with a clean paper towel, dampened with hot water, to remove any jam or sugar crystals.
11. Place lids, screw on bands finger-tight and process jars for 10 minutes in boiling water bath.
12. Cool jars upright for 12-24 hours while vacuum seal is drawn and jam or jelly sets up. Let the jars sit undisturbed while they cool.