Spiced Plum Jam Recipe – Sunset Magazine

Ingredients

• About 1 3/4 cups apricot nectar*, preferably unsweetened
• 1 teaspoon whole allspice
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 4 green cardamom pods, cracked
• 1 teaspoon peppercorns
• 2 1/2 tablespoons (half a 1 3/4-oz. package) Sure-Jell pectin labeled "For less or no sugar needed recipes"
• 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
• 3 1/2 cups chopped ripe plums (from about 1 1/4 lbs. fruit)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon butter (prevents foaming)