grape jelly

How To Make grape jelly

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  1

  First make the grape juice using fresh washed grapes
  To 3 1/2 pounds of clean grapes add 1 cup water
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  2

  Bring to a boil and simmer covered for 10 minutes. The cooking time is only after it comes to a boil.
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  Strain and squeeze out all the juice with a jelly cloth or cheese cloth.
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  4

  In a large pan, put 5 cups of the juice
  Add the fruit pectin to the juice
  Mix well
  On high heat, bring to a full rolling boil, and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
  Stir in sugar all at once, and bring back to a full rolling boil, again boil hard for 1 minute stirring constantly. (I add a tsp of butter at this time to help keep the foam down)
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  5

  Remove from heat, skim off foam and pour into hot jars, add put on hot lids.
  process in hot water bath for 5 minutes
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