American Southern

Apple Jelly

Name: Apple Jelly
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 16 servings
Ingredients: 13 each apples; 1 cups water; 0.5 lb sugar; 1 each lemon; 1 each egg

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 32. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

20 minPrep Time

60 minCook Time

16Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Instructions

1
Slice thirteen large apples very thin without paring them, then cover with water, boil and strain, and to the juice add a half lb white sugar, and as much lemon as your taste may direct.
2
Clarify with egg, and boil to a jelly.

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