Sparkling Jellies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen grape juice concentrate or 1 (6 ounce) can tangerine juice concentrate or 1 (6 ounce) can orange juice concentrate, thawed
• 1 (1 3/4 ounce) package powdered fruit pectin
• 2 cups water
• 3 3/4 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 prepare glasses: examine tops of jelly glasses to see that there are no nicks or cracks.
• 2 wash glasses in hot soapy water; rinse well.
• 3 place in pan with folded cloth on bottom.
• 4 cover with hot, not boiling water; heat to boiling.
• 5 boil gently 15 minutes; keep water until ready to use.
• 6 in saucepan, stir juice, pectin and water until pectin is dissolved.
• 7 stirring constantly, cook over high heat about 2 minutes or until mixture comes to rolling boil.
• 8 add sugar; heat to rolling boil, stirring constantly.
• 9 remove from heat; immediately skim off foam.
• 10 about 5 minutes before end of jelly cooking, remove glasses from hot water; invert on clean towel.
• 11 keep out of draft.
• 12 glasses should be hot and dry when filled.
• 13 fill one glass at a time to within 1 inch of top.
• 14 cover hot jelly immediately with 1/8-inch layer of hot paraffin.
• 15 paraffin must touch sides of glasses and be even.
• 16 prick any bubbles that appear on paraffin.
• 17 when hard, check seal.
• 18 store covered in refrigerator no longer than 2 months.