Apricot Honey Almond Jam

The richness and vibrancy of apricots partnered with a hint of honey and almond. Almonds and apricots come from the same family of fruit and are complementary. Almond extract brightens the apricot and the honey mellows the edginess of the apricot while adding depth and dimensionality. With actual pieces of almond right in the jam. Note: the almonds float during the bottling process and will be mostly at the top of the jar.  They are there mostly for nostalgia. The very minor almond tone comes from almond extract. When the pioneers first arrived in Utah they had no access to sugar. So they used honey to preserve the fruit. And food was extremely scarce and absolutely nothing went to waste. So when they preserved apricots (made apricot jam) they would throw in the nut from inside the pit of the apricots. And that nut is was a variety of almond.  (Do *NOT* eat the nut in modern apricot varieties - they are poisonous.) At Pioneer Valley we keep that old traditional pioneer recipe a