Apricot marmalade

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       Title: APRICOT MARMALADE
  Categories: Desserts, Jams
       Yield: 6 servings
  
       2 c  Dried apricots (firmly
            -packed
       4 c  Water
       2 c  Sugar
     1/2 ts Cinnamon
  
   Wash fruit, soak 8 hours in the 4 c of water.  Place over heat in water in
   which it has been soaked; simmer until very soft; rub through coarse sieve,
   return pulp to heat; when it reaches boiling point, add sugar and simmer
   gently for 40 to 45 minutes, stirring almost constantly as it scorches very
   easily.  Add cinnamon while cooking.  Pour into sterilized half-pints to
   within 1/2 inch of top.  Put on cap, screw band firmly tight.  Process in
   boiling water bath ten minutes.
   
   Posted by Terri St.Louis-Woltmon
  
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