Category: Canning, etc. -

Redbud Jelly     

Ingredients:
3 cups fresh redbud blooms
2 cups boiling water
2-3 Tablespoons lemon juice
3 Tablespoons Sure-Jel powder
2 cups sugar
1-2 tsp. butter

Preparation:
Gather 3 cups of fresh redbud blooms. Be careful while gathering as honeybees like to visit the trees. Make sure you are gathering from a tree that hasn’t received any overspray from weed killer or other poison.
Do a quick visual check for any bugs, then place the blooms in a container large enough to hold them and 2 cups of water.
Heat just slightly over 2 cups water to a boil and then pour the boiling water over the blooms. Stir your mixture gently, then cover and place in the refrigerator overnight.
The following day, pour your redbud tea through a fine strainer. Heat your redbud tea to boiling. Add lemon juice and Sure-Jel and then bring once again to boil. Add sugar and 1-2 tsp. butter, then heat to boiling for 1 minute.
This recipe produces about 3.5 half-pints of Redbud Jelly.

Date added: 2023-04-10
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