Name: Canned Blackberries
Ingredients: 1 quart jar; 1 to 1 1/3 quarts of blackberries; 1 cup sugar; 2 cups water

Canned Blackberries

Ingredients

1 quart jar
1 to 1 1/3 quarts of blackberries
1 cup sugar
2 cups water

Directions

Prepare

In a large pot, combine blackberries, sugar, and water.
Cook for about 8 to 10 minutes until heated through.

Can

Fill jars with the mixture, ensuring an even distribution of berries and liquid.
Seal the jars while hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Blackberries: Provide the fruit, which softens and releases juice as it heats through.
Sugar: Adds sweetness and helps balance the tart flavor of the berries.
Water: Forms a syrup with the sugar that covers the berries in the jar.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.