Michigan State University Extension
Preserving Food Safely - 01600361
10/13/97

### DIET APPLE JELLY FROM BOTTLED JUICE

    2
    packages or 2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin

    1
    quart unsweetened apple juice

    2
    tablespoons unsweetened lemon juice

    2
    tablespoons liquid sweetener

    Food
    coloring, if desired

     In  a  saucepan, soften gelatin in apple juice  and  lemon

    juice.
     Bring to a rolling boil, dissolving gelatin;  boil 1

    minute.
    Remove from heat.  Stir in liquid sweetener and food

    coloring.
      Pour  into hot sterilized (see directions below)

    jars
      leaving   1/4   inch   headspace.   Seal.   Store  in

    refrigerator.
      Yield:   about   2   pints.  1  tablespoon=8

    calories.

    *This
    recipe courtesy of Ball Blue Book, Ball Corporation.

    Sterilization
    of Empty Jars

     To  sterilize empty jars, place them right side up on  the

    rack
    in a boiling-water canner.  Fill  the canner  and  jars

    with
    hot (not boiling) water to 1 inch above the tops of the

    jars.
     Boil 10 minutes at altitudes of less than 1,000 feet.

    At
     higher  elevations, boil  1  additional minute  for each

    additional
     1,000  feet  elevation.  Remove  and  drain  hot

    sterilized
    jars one at a time as filled.

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