Grape Jelly

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 5 cups grape juice (about 3 1/2 pounds of ripe grapes)
• 1 (1 3/4 ounce) box of sure-jel pectin
• 7 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 first make the grape juice using clean washed grapes.
• 2 to 3 1/2 pounds of clean grapes add 1 1/2 cups water.
• 3 bring to a boil and simmer covered for 10 minutes.
• 4 strain and squeeze out all of the juice with a jelly cloth, or whatever means you have.
• 5 in a very big pan, put 5 cups of the juice.
• 6 add the fruit pectin to the juice.
• 7 mix well.
• 8 on high heat, bring to a full rolling boil, and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• 9 stir in sugar all at once, and bring back to a full rolling boil, again boil hard for 1 minute stirring constantly.
• 10 remove from heat, skim off foam and pour into hot jars.
• 11 if using paraffin, pour hot paraffin in on top of jelly.
• 12 or seal with canning lids.