Apple Scrap Jelly – Yes! Apples

Ingredients

• Peels from 12 large apples (roughly 2 cups, packed)
• 12 apple cores
• 4 cups water
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 4 Tbsp lemon juice
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• 4 tsp pectin (from 1.1 oz box of Pomona’s Universal Pectin)*
• 4 teaspoons calcium water (from 1.1 oz box of Pomona’s Universal Pectin)*
• Optional Flavor Add-Ins: 3 cinnamon sticks, 1 tsp whole cloves
• Optional Coloring: one 1.2 oz bag of freeze-dried raspberries or tart cherries (these will add natural pink color to the jelly without altering the flavor) or 2-3 drops red food coloring of choice**