Dewberry Jelly

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 5 pints dewberries (dewberries are wild blackberries)
• 4 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 (1 3/4 ounce) box dry pectin

Recipe

• 1 place berries in large boiler with enough water to almost cover berries.
• 2 bring to a boil, turn down, and simmer berries for 5 to 10 minutes.
• 3 allow to cool slightly, then pour through fine sieve type strainer and allow to drain overnight (this time can be shortened, but i love for it to strain a long time in order to get all of the juice out of the berries).
• 4 you should now have 3 3/4 cups juice (if necessary you can add up to 1/2 cup of water to give you a full 3 3/4 cups).
• 5 place the juice in a large boiler with the package of pectin and bring to a full rolling boil (one that cannot be stirred down).
• 6 stir often.
• 7 while this is coming up to a boil, measure sugar into a bowl.
• 8 when the juice is at a full rolling boil, add the sugar quickly and stir constantly.
• 9 bring back to a full rolling boil and cook for exactly 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• 10 remove from heat and ladle into jars that have been prepared and sterilized.
• 11 wipe rims of jars with damp, clean rag and place lids and rings on jars.
• 12 process in a water bath for 10 minutes.