Easy Strawberry jam

Easy Strawberry Freezer Jam
(Recipe from old newspaper clipping)

Ingredients:

2 cups mashed strawberries (about 1 quart)

4 cups sugar

1 box powdered fruit pectin

3/4 cup water

Directions:

1. Stir strawberries (already mashed) and sugar together, mixing thoroughly. Set aside.

2. Stir powdered fruit pectin with water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil for one minute.

3. Stir mixtures together until sugar is completely dissolved and no longer grainy. Pour into clean dry containers, filling to within 1/2 inch of tops.

4. Cover at once with tight lids. Let stand at room temperature overnight. (We did it for about 12 hours.) Store in freezer until opened; then store in refrigerator.

Makes about four 8 oz containers.

Note: Measure sugar exactly and do not reduce amount or jam will not set properly.