Two-For-One CERTO Apple Jelly AND Spiced Apple Butter
- 5 cups prepared juice and 5 cups prepared fruit (buy about 4 lb. fully ripe apples or crab apples)
- 6-1/2 cups water
- 15 cups (6-1/2 lb.) sugar, divided, measured into separate bowls
- 1 tsp. butter or margarine, divided
- 2 pouches CERTO Fruit Pectin, divided
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. ground allspice
- Remove stems and blossom ends from apples.
- (Do not peel or core apples.)
- Cut apples into small pieces; place in saucepan.
- Add water.
- Bring to boil on medium-high heat.
- Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10 min.
- Crush fruit with a hand masher; cover.
- Simmer an additional 5 min., stirring occasionally.
- Place two layers of damp cheesecloth or jelly bag in large bowl.
- Pour prepared fruit into cheesecloth.
- Tie cheesecloth closed; hang and let drip into bowl until dripping stops.
- Press gently.
- Measure exactly 5 cups juice into 6- or 8-qt.
- saucepot.
- Set juice aside for Apple Jelly.
- Press pulp through sieve.
- Measure exactly 5 cups prepared pulp into another 6- or 8-qt.
- saucepot.
- Set pulp aside for Spiced Apple Butter.
- Apple Jelly Mix 7-1/2 cups of the sugar into juice in saucepot.
- Add 1/2 tsp.
- of the butter to reduce foaming.
- Bring mixture to full rolling boil (a boil that doesn't stop bubbling when stirred) on high heat, stirring constantly.
- Stir in 1 pouch of the pectin.
- Return to full rolling boil and boil exactly 1 min., stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat.
- Skim off any foam with metal spoon.
- Ladle imeediately into prepared jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of tops.
- Wipe jar rims and threads.
- Cover with two-piece lids.
- Screw bands tightly.
- Place jars on elevated rack in canner.
- Lower rack into canner.
- (Water must cover jars by 1 to 2 inches.
- Add boiling water, if necessary.)
- Cover; bring water to gentle boil.
- Process 5 min.
- Remove jars and place upright on a towel to cool completely.
- After jars cool, check seals by pressing middles of lids with finger.
- (If lids spring back, lids are not sealed and refrigeration is necessary.)
- Spiced Apple Butter Mix remaining 7-1/2 cups sugar and the spices into fruit pulp in saucepot.
- Add remaining 1/2 tsp.
- butter to reduce foaming.
- Bring mixture to full rolling boil (a boil that doesn't stop bubbling when stirred) on high heat, stirring constantly.
- Stir in remaining pouch of pectin.
- Return to full rolling boil and boil exactly 1 min., stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat.
- Skim off any foam with metal spoon.
- Ladle immediately into prepared jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of tops.
- Wipe jar rims and threads.
- Cover with two-piece lids.
- Screw bands tightly.
- Place jars on elevated rack in canner.
- Lower rack into canner.
- (Water must cover jars by 1 to 2 inches.
- Add boiling water, if necessary.)
- Cover; bring water to gentle boil.
- Process 10 min.
- Remove jars and place upright on a towel to cool completely.
- After jars cool, check seals by pressing middles of lids with finger.
- (If lids spring back, lids are not sealed and refrigeration is necessary.)
fully ripe apples, water, sugar, butter, pouches, ground cinnamon, ground allspice
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/-17861.aspx (may not work)