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Cider Jelly Recipe

For a tasty jam during the fall, try this cider. The candy adds a wonderful cinnamon flavor.—Donna Bensend, Dallas, Wisconsin

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Cider Jelly Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Process: 10 min. + standing

Yield: 48 Servings

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Ingredients

1 quart apple cider
2/3 cup red hots candy
1 package (1-3/4 ounces) powdered fruit pectin
5 cups sugar

Directions

In a large kettle, combine the cider, red hots and pectin. Bring to a rolling boil over high heat, stirring often. Add sugar and return to a rolling boil. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat; skim off any foam. Carefully ladle hot jelly into hot sterilized jar, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Adjust caps. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water bath. Yield: 6 half-pints.

Nutritional Facts One serving (2 tablespoons) equals 108 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 3 mg sodium, 27 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Cider Jelly in Country Woman July/August 1994, p35