Homemade Easy Orange Marmalade
1 orange*
1 Tbsp. water
1/2 cup sugar
Cut the un-peeled orange and place it into a blender or food processor with the water. Pour the mixture into a saucepan with the sugar and boil for 15 minutes.
*If you use a non-organic orange, wash it thoroughly.
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how long will this keep in the fridge? Long enough to spread on a few slices of toast and make a few sandwiches?
This will last just as long as any jam or jelly does after you open a jar of it. Most jams and jellies are “acidy” and orange is especially so which means it has a natural preservative. Most of the time even after a couple of months they don’t get “bad” they just start sugaring which mean the sugar in them starts to crystallize and even then you can still use them by heating them a little the crystals dissolve.
This recipe is one I am going to make. A great way to use up an extra orange, and I just bought sugar on sale yesterday. Yeh!
Will go nicely in a gift basket for Christmas.
Would I double the water if I added in a lemon?
haven’t made marmalade in years as I can’t have it so this would be fun to make and give away.
Also a change from rhubarb jam and preserves I have been making for 4 weeks now.
Depending on the size of the lemon but you might want to add a little extra water and sugar or you could just use lemon zest and leave it as is.
I’m wondering if you could can this yummy looking stuff? Do you think the acidity is high enough for hot water bath canning?
Can’t wait to try this out!
Yes you can probably can it. It has most of the same ingredients for regular jams or jellies.
I think orange marmelade is really nice on a hot biscuit with butter slathered on top
Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather 
this sounds wonderful, I love orange marmalade but it is usually so expensive in stores.
does this just make 8oz.?
Yes it makes close to that depending on the size of your orange.
can you use sugar substitute in making tangerine marmalade
Here is a web site that talks about substituting sugar. There are many others if you would like to google them too. You can make many jams and marmalade without using any sugar or sugar substitute at all if you want.