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A group of us are participating in the  Food In Jars Mastery Challenge  hosted by Marisa at  Food in Jars  and the first challenge was MARMALADE. It was so fun to participate and the results that the other participants came up with were awesome! Check out the recipes and pictures below! If you would like to try your hand at making marmalade and not sure where to start, check out  Marisa's great tips on Marmalade Troubleshooting !  My friend Mary also joined in the fun. She is the Canning Queen around here! In her blog post  Marmalade ~ January Challenge   on Cooking with Mary and Friends , she stated: "We all learned a few things from the others too, and everyone cheered on everyone else as their trials and tribulations were acknowledged. Everything from how adding liquor makes the marmalade take longer to jell and set up, to burning the pot ruining a batch happened, but no one got discouraged; they just tried again!" YES!  I was the one...

I am participating in a year long  Food In Jars Mastery Challenge  hosted by Marisa from  Food in Jars  and the January challenge was marmalade! I have never made marmalade. I have made all kinds of jellies, jams and preserves. Marmalade is basically the same, but they have a citrus base of orange, lemon, lime or other citrus fruit. I chose lemon to pair with the figs I had in the freezer! 6 cups fresh figs 3 lemons (scrub well) 6 cups sugar* Cut the stems off the figs and cut into quarters. Cut the rind off the lemons and slice into small strips. Add the juice and a little water to a pan and simmer until the zest/rind is soft. Pour the figs into a heavy based preserving pan. Add the lemon mixture and simmer until the figs are soft and break down a little. Add the sugar and let it dissolve before bringing up to a rolling boil. Boil for about 30 minutes or until it has reached the setting point (220 degrees). Carefully ladle into sterilized jars and put on the lids....