The Easiest Way to Sterilize Jars - CHOW Tip

San Francisco-based Shakirah Simley, owner of Slow Jams, will make your next canning session easier with this tip about quick jar sterilization.

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If you're making jam you don't have to scald yourself with boiling water to sterilize your jars. Here's how you do it. Wash your jars with hot soapy water. Dry them and place them on a cookie shoot. Place them in the oven set at 200 degrees. Let them sterilize for about ten minutes. When you're ready to can, take your hot jars out of the oven and put hot jam into hot jars.