Strawberry Jam in a Slow Cooker

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons squeezed lemon juice fresh
• 1.8 ounce powdered fruit pectin 
• 4 pints strawberries fresh
• 3 cups sugar white

Equipment

• potato masher
• slow cooker

Directions

1. Crush strawberries completely with a potato masher; pour into the crock of a slow cooker.
2. Pour lemon juice over strawberries.
3. Sprinkle pectin over strawberries.
4. Let mixture stand 10 minutes.
5. Stir sugar through the strawberries.
6. Cook on Low for 2 hours, stirring twice while it cooks.
7. Increase heat to High and continue cooking until jam thickens to desired consistency, 2 to 3 hours.