Microwave Cooking for One by Marie T Smith

Microwave Strawberry Preserves

One of the ideas Mom toyed with was producing quick microwave cooking segments. The above video was made in her own kitchen in the mid-1980s. The recipe is among other Sauces and Preserves recipes available in Microwave Cooking for One.

Once you try this recipe for Strawberry Preserves, you'll want to make it over and over again. In addition to using it on toast, it is absolutely delicious as a topping for vanilla ice cream!

I would like to extend a special thank you to my father, Hugh Smith, for his assistance in converting this video from tape to digital.

For your convenience, we are including the recipe here:

Strawberry Preserves

8-oz. fresh strawberries*	Wash strawberries and remove stems before weighing. Place berries in 2-quart mixing bowl.
1 tbsp. powdered pectin	Add pectin and stir. Cover bowl with a piece of waxed paper. Cook 2:30 minutes (_____) at 100% power. Stir with rubber spatula. Replace waxed paper. Cook 30 seconds (_____) at 100% power until mixture boils.
2/3 cup sugar	Add sugar and stir. Cook 1:30 minutes (_____) at 100% power. Scrape mixture down from sides of bowl and stir. Cook 3:00 minutes (_____) at 50% power. Stir with spatula and pour into clean glass jar. Place jar, uncovered, in refrigerator. When preserves have completely chilled, cover jar with lid and store in refrigerator.
If strawberries are frozen, increase the first cooking time to 4:30 minutes (_____) at 100% power*. The rest of the recipe stays the same.

Note: Cooking times are for a 700-watt oven. For best results with this and any other microwave recipe, please be sure to go to Timing of the Microwaving Tips section for a complete explanation of timing in the microwave. (We provide conversion charts to help you find the correct times for your oven!)

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