How Do You Make Wild Grape/Apple Jelly?
I have made grape jelly using this recipe many times and it always turns out delicious for me. The juice used for this recipe comes from my other recipe for apple butter, so you will have to check out that article, “How to make Wild Grape Apple Butter”, to see how to harvest the juice. It is listed under resources. Each 6 cups of the juice will yield some 3 pints of jelly with the apple butter recipe giving some 4 to 6 quarts of juice, which means 16 to 24 cups of juice. Gather the equipment you will need. It is best not to double this recipe but to cook each batch separately so the jelly will set well. For jelly making you will need a large 4 quart stainless steel cooking pot, a large 8 quart pot for a hot water bath, a hot jar lifter, a magnetic jar lid lifter, a wide mouthed funnel, a large stainless steel spoon, and a large ladle. Each batch of this jelly does not take that long to cook so you can make several batches in one day. Wash the pint jars and rings you will be using and c
