Spiced Cranberry Jelly

One of the recipes that Jody and I made over my annual visit to see here was a Spiced Cranberry Jelly. It turend out fairly well and is delicious.

Spiced Cranberry Jelly

Ingredients

• 48 ounces (or 3 pounds) of fresh or frozen cranberries
• 4 cups of water
• 3 cups of orange juice (or all orange juice or all apple cider)
• 6 cinnamon sticks
• 12 whole allspice
• 40 cloves
• 1 T butter
• 1 box regular Sure Jell for jelly making
• 5 cups sugar

Directions

1. Place cranberries, water, juice, cinnamon sticks, whole allspice, cloves, and butter in a large pan. Bring to a boil and simmer, covered for about 15-20 minutes to release juices of cranberries. Almost all berries should burst to know when it is finished simmering. Remove the cinnamon sticks before straining.
   
   
2. Rub through a screen strainer to remove skins and small seeds of cranberries.
   
   
3. At this point you have juice and can follow the directions of the Sure Jell. Which is to bring the juice to a full rolling boil along with the packet of pectin, add the sugar and bring to a full rolling boil for 1 minute.
   
   
4. Ladle into sterilized jars....
   
   
5. I usually end up with around 9 jars for one batch of jelly.

Notes:

• Jody and I agreed that it is a good idea to measure the amount of liquid you have strained to determine the appropriate amount of pectin you need. Yu might get a more liquid jelly like we did if you don't.

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