Instant Pot Peach Jam (Freezer Jam)
Make this peach jam in your instant pot and enjoy homemade jam for months! Learn how to quickly and easily make your own homemade freezer jam in the instant pot electric pressure cooker with this instant pot peach jam recipe!
Servings: 2 tablespoons
Calories: 30kcal
Equipment
- Sure-Jell 100% Natural Premium Fruit Pectin 1.75 oz
- The "I Love My Instant Pot" Affordable Meals Recipe Book
- Ball Mason 8oz Quilted Jelly Jars with Lids and Bands, Set of 12
- Ball Dissolvable Canning Labels, 60 Count (Pack of 2)
- Instant Pot DUO60 6 Qt 7-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer, Sauté, Yogurt Maker and Warmer
Ingredients
- 6 cups peaches peeled and pitted
- 4 cups sugar
- 1 packet pectin
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Roughly chop your peaches and mash them with a potato masher.
- Measure out 6 cups peaches and put them in the bowl of your instant pot.
- Pour the sugar over the peaches and let sit 2-3 minutes, until the juices have been released.
- Mix in the pectin and lemon juice.
- Close the lid on your instant pot and set to sealing.
- Set to Manual - high pressure for 1 minute.
- Natural Pressure Release.
- Spoon into pint sized canning jars, leaving 1 inch head space (1 inch of space between the jam and the lid).
- Let cool and then refrigerate or freeze.
Notes
If planning to water bath can your instant pot peach jam, increase the lemon juice to 3 tablespoons, use traditional powdered pectin, and fill your jars to 1/4 inch headspace.
Check if your jam is ready by diping a frozen spoon into the jam. If the jam on the spoon gels, then it is done. If it stays thin and liquidy, then it needs to be cooked for additional time. Set your Instant Pot to Saute, bring the jam to a boil and let it cook 1 minute. Test again with a frozen spoon.