Bread machines have come a long way since from
my first machine, which had only four cycles and a choice of two loaf sizes. My new Cuisinart has 16 basic cycles and makes multiple size loaves.
And unbeknown to me when I bought it, I got an additional time-saving plaything: I can make jam -- which I had never even tried the old-fashioned way on the stovetop.
With the bread machine, jam is a snap. In go the ingredients, select “jam” on the menu -- and the product is finished in 1 hour and 25 minutes. The same paddle in the bottom of the nonstick pan that kneads the dough during a bread cycle also stirs the fruit for jam.
With this recipe, the prep for the oranges is by far the most labor-intensive and time-consuming step of the jam recipes I’ve tried. Look for navel oranges with a fairly thin skin. Once the pith is scraped off, the skin should be almost as supple as a fruit roll-up.
This is wonderful on mildly flavored rye bread or with cream cheese on a cracker. Or try it on crepes.
-- Betty Gordon

Note: This recipe is adapted from the Cuisinart Convection Bread Maker recipe booklet. Other bread machine instructions may vary.