Categories: frugal, jelly, not tried

Ingredients

• 4 cups watermelon - no seeds or rind
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 box dry pectin
• 3 1/2 cup sugar

Directions

1. Cut up 4 cups of watermelon

2. Put one box of pectin in a bowl and mix with 1/4 cup sugar – set aside

3. Sanitize jars and lids by boiling for 5 minutes

4. lace 4 cups watermelon in a blender and purify (should be 2 cups of watermelon juice when done)

5. Pour into large pot and add 3 tbsp lemon juice

6. Bring to full rolling boil

7. Stir in pectin mixture and once again bring to rolling boil

8. Stir in remaining sugar – when it reaches full boil, boil hard for one minute

9. Test for thickness (use metal tbsp that has sat in ice water – take 1/2 spoonful of juice – let cool to room temperature – if it thickens to how you want it it is finished – if it isn’t thick enough add more pectin and boil for one more minute

10. Fill jars to 1/4 inch from top, put on lids and rings.

11. Put jars in boiling water (covered with 2 inches of water) in a stock pot. Boil for 10 minutes.

12. Remove from stock pot and place on a clean cloth free from draft. Let sit until the lids pop.

13. Shelf life – 12 months

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