Apple Jelly

"From The Southern Living Cookbook. Very simple jelly, perfect for the beginner. Great for last minute gift baskets. Uses hot water bath canning."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
3
Yields:
7 half-pints
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ingredients

  • 946.36 ml apple juice
  • 49.61 g package dry pectin
  • 1182.95 ml sugar
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directions

  • Combine apple juice and pectin in a large Dutch oven; bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
  • Add sugar and bring to a full, rolling boil. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
  • Remove mixture from heat, and skim off foam with a metal spoon.
  • Quickly pour hot jelly into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace; wipe jar rims. Cover at once with metal lids and screw on bands.
  • Process in boiling water bath 5 minutes.

Questions & Replies

  1. Anyone know if liquid pectin would work? I like a harder set jam but i feel like 3oz (which is the size of the packets i have) maybe might be too much.
     
  2. Sweetened or unsweetened juice?
     
  3. Went strictly by recipe and my jelly didn't jel. Now what?
     
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Reviews

  1. I've had this same recipe from a 1960s Kerr canning recipe book; I make it annually, never had a failure. For a 'different' jelly, I've also used it with alternative juices. There's several apple- combinations now available, i.e., raspberry, grape, cranberry, to name a few. I can it in 4-oz jars for my Christmas giving; they're always well received.
     
  2. I made this jelly over the weekend. It is fabulous. Perhaps those who did not like the results used an apple juice that had been watered down or had sugar added. I bought an apple juice that was pure, pressed apple juice, no sugar added and it was NOT from concentrate. I will definitely make this again.
     
  3. This is a great recipe, simple and easy to do. I used bottled unsweetened apple juice.
     
  4. Love it my husbands favorite I make it allot and I wish I could remember to write down how many jars a batch time to make another batch...lol Thank you!!
     
  5. The first time I made apple jelly from juice (using organic juice that was on clearance at the store) it took several days to gel and set, with the exception of one jar, which thickened into a syrup but didn't set. I gave the syrup to one of my wife's co-workers (about a week after initial cooking) and by the end of the work day, it had turned to a nice, firm jelly.
     
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