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Fig Preserves
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Ready In: 0 Minutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
10 lbs figs
1/4 cup baking soda
5 lbs sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
to taste lemon slice (optional)
1 quart water
Directions:
1. Wash figs in warm water with baking soda.
2. Rinse. Cut off stems.
3. Combine sugar, lemon juice and water in heavy pot. Drop figs into syrup.
4. Cook until figs are clear looking and syrup is thick (2 to 3 hours). Add lemon slices 1/2 hour before figs are done. Seal in jars.
By RecipeOfHealth.com