Jelly

rbusby01

Is there a way to make jelly/jam without sugar?

Gail H

Pomona's pectin will work for no sugar jams and jellies. I think if you just used straight juice (not concentrated), it would taste kind of like weak jello.

rbusby01

Thanks!!!

COWLOVINGIRL

Here is a vid and recipe that uses honey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2SBgJJeKRA

ENJOY!

OhiohillsLouise

Not a jam or jelly but in my opinion much better are fruit butters. No sweetener required, just cook down liquid until thick.

VermontCathy

@OhiohillsLouise I found apple butter easier to make than truly firm apple jelly. Anyone starting with preserving apples should start with apple butter, because you'll be more likely to be successful.

Jellies are harder to get right than jams and butters.

rbusby01

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/871827#Comment_871827

Cool!

rbusby01

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/871828#Comment_871828

Thanks so much Monica! I'll check it out!

rbusby01

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/871869#Comment_871869

I like fruit butters too!

rbusby01

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/871882#Comment_871882

Apple butter yum :) What's you're recipe?

OhiohillsLouise

My husbands West Virginia family made apple butter in a copper kettle. They used copper pennies on the bottom to keep the butter from sticking. Apple cider or apple juice was used to get it bubbling until the apples started to cook down. It was done outside over an open fire. It was a family affair and took all day with everybody taking turns stirring. Sugar and cinnamon were added to Grandmas taste.

Everybody brought a jar to take some home and Grandma canned the rest.

We still have the copper kettle and the wood paddle that Grandpa made. Now it is a decoration in my daughters house.

We now make apple butter in a crockpot, no recipe just to taste. It takes about 10 hours.

@rbusby01 and @VermontCathy thanks for letting me go down memory lane.

rbusby01

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/872625#Comment_872625

That's an awesome memory! Sounds like a wonderful family tradition :)