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• Ingredients
• 1 Tbsp. lemon zest
• 3/4 cup lemon juice
• 1-1/2 cups water
• 4-1/2 cups sugar
• 1 envelope Certo liquid fruit pectin
• Optional: yellow food coloring

You will need 3-4 juicy lemons to make this. Stir together lemon zest, lemon juice, and water. Let stand 10 minutes. Strain 2 cups liquid into a large pan. Stir in sugar. Heat to a full roiling boil and stir in Certo. Stir in food coloring, if using. Bring to a full rolling boil again and boil 1 minute. Remove from heat and skim off foam. Ladle into jars and seal.

NOTE: I do not water-bath can my jam or jelly. There is so much sugar in it that it acts as a natural preservative. Back in the olden days when my mother made jam and jelly, she poured melted paraffin over the top of the jam or jelly, instead of using lids. Paraffin “sealed” the product and kept air from turning the it brown. I have done it that way, too, but find that lids are less muss. I screw the lids onto the jars and turn them upside down for 30 minutes. The heat seals the jars to keep air out. Of course, I only do this with fruit jam and fruit jelly loaded with sugar.

I used a few drops of yellow gel food coloring in this. Lemon jelly has the same bright taste as marmalade without the rinds or zest. It was super easy to make.