Crabapple Jelly

DIRECTIONS

• Wash your crab apples to remove critters and any dirt.
• Throw out any rotten or bad ones, remove leaves and any woody stuff.
• But leave them whole no need to remove centers etc -- (waste of time).
• Put in large pot 2/3 full otherwise it will boil over.
• Fill pot till all the apples float.
• Heat on Med. heat till boiling, once they boil cook for 2-3 hours.
• Strain the mixture through cheese cloth keeping the liquid, thats gonna be our jelly.
• If you want you can make crabapple cheese with the solids ( but were here to make jelly).
• Measure the liquid as best you can for every 1 L of liquid you will need 1 kg of sugar.
• Add sugar to liquid in a pot, and stir till boiling then reduce heat but keep it low rolling boil for about 10-15 minute.
• Then you can reduce heat to low.
• On a small plate take your stir stick or wooden spoon and drizzel a few drops of the liquid allowing it to cool. keep doing this till it jells.
• When it jells you are ready to start canning (see pic's).