Friday, September 17, 2010

Red Pepper Jelly

Wow! Wow! Wow!
This is incredible tasting. Get your favorite cracker, I like Ritz, put some cream cheese on the cracker and a dollop of the red pepper jelly and Wow! This makes a great snack or appetizer before dinner. After you make the jelly pour into sterilized pint size jars or half pint size and seal them by using the water bath canner or steam canner method and process for about 7-8 minutes.
Each batch makes aprox 6 / 80z. jars.
This also makes a good Christmas gift. Place a pkg of cream cheese and a pkg of crackers in a cute basket along with a jar or two of the red pepper jelly.
Red Pepper Jelly
3 large red bell peppers
1 cup white vinegar
1/2 tsp. salt
5 cups sugar
1 pkg. liquid Certo
Directions: Chop red peppers in a food processor or vita mix. In large cooking pot place two cups of the chopped red peppers and all the juice, add the vinegar and salt and bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer covered for 10 min.
Stir in the 5 cups of sugar, return to a rolling boil uncovered and stir for 1 min. Remove from heat and immediately stir in the liquid certo, stir 5 more minutes to blend.
Pour jelly into sterilized jars wipe rim clean and seal in a water bath canner for aprox 7-8 min.
Enjoy!

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