The Best Strawberry Jam

Ingredients

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Remove green tops and slice strawberries in half.

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Juice fresh lemons for lemon juice.

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Optional: Split vanilla bean in half.

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Add strawberries, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla bean to a big pot.

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Stir all ingredients together and let sit at room temp for 30 minutes to macerate.

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Stir every 10 minutes to help the sugar dissolve.

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Place pot on the stove and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.

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The jam should wrinkle when nudged.

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Divide the jam into jars leaving ¼ inch headspace.

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Enjoy your strawberry jam on toast!

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Use the jam to fill shortbread sandwich cookies.

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