Following is a recipe I found online for freezer jam. It calls for freezer pectin, and all I have is Sure-Jel, which I know is pectin and can be used in freezer jams. My concern is that this recipe only calls for 1-2/3 cups sugar, AND it doesn't require you to cook the pectin at all. Do you think the Sure-Jel would work, or do you know of another brand or perhaps the Sure-Jel that requires less sugar (in the pink box)....

Any ideas? Anyone? I'd like to get going on this later this evening, so if someone could help me out, that would be fantastic!!

TIA!!

Cherry Freezer Jam

With a few ingredients, some freezer pectin, and fresh bing cherries, you can make jam that will remind you of summer the whole year round. Look for freezer pectin in the canning aisle of your supermarket.

INGREDIENTS:
6 cups bing cherries
1-2/3 cups sugar
1 pouch freezer jam pectin
1 tablespoon lemon juice
PREPARATION:
Place five (250 ml) mason jars in the dishwasher and run through the wash cycle to sanitize. Leave jars in dishwasher until you're ready to fill them.
Carefully pit cherries, remove stems, and coarsely chop them.
In large bowl, combine sugar and the freezer jam pectin; stir well with wire whisk. Stir cherries along with their juice and the lemon juice into the sugar mixture and stir well for 3-4 minutes to dissolve the sugar.
Ladle jam into each jar leaving about 1/2" of headspace. Wipe tops of jars with a damp cloth and place lids on jars; fasten securely. Let stand at room temperature for one hour, then label and freeze up to one year. When opened, each jar will last, refrigerated, for about three weeks. You can also refrigerate the jars for up to three weeks; I do that with the first one and freeze the rest, taking them out of the freezer and putting them in the fridge the night before I want to use the jam.

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