Homemade Crab Apple Pectin

Ingredients

2 lb unpeeled crab apples
3 c water
1/2 headroom
6 homemade pectin for every
1 cup prepared juice should give

Instructions

good gel. For tart apple pectin, start with 4 pounds sliced apples with peels & cores and 8 cups of water. Simmer 3 min, press through sieve. Return liquid to heavy kettle and cook briskly, stirring, until volume is reduced by one-half. Clarify and use as above.