Crabapple Jelly
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
-
5 cups
ingredients
- 3 lbs crabapples (slightly underripe)
- 1 sprig cinnamon or 10 -14 leaves lemon basil
- 3 cups sugar
directions
- Wash apples; remove stem and blossom ends.
- Cover with a water in a large stainless steel or ceramic pot.
- Add washed sprigs of cinnamon or lemon basil.
- Simmer until apples are soft.
- Drain juice over pan; through jelly bag or clean dish towel.
- Bring 4 cups of drained juice (add water to make 4 cups if necessary), to a boil in a very large stainless steel or ceramic pot.
- Add sugar and boil to sheeting stage. (When the drips sheet together on the side of a stainless steel spoon). Skim.
- Pour into sterilized jelly jars.
- Skim again and seal with two thin layers of paraffin, making certain the 2nd one seals the jar to glass edges.
- Yield - about 5 cups of bright red jelly.
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