Pioneer Woman at Heart

  New Recipe Tried?  I had a recipe in the lineup to try, but after reading the "notes" I decided not to try it.  It was a Puppy Chow recipe, but used freshly made popcorn vs. store bought cereal.  It said to store it in the freezer and consume straight from the freezer.  Not really a winter go-to Christmas treat if you ask me.  The recipe stated the popcorn goes soft after you coat it, so hence we ditched the idea. However, I purchased a trial size of Christmas Jam to try.  I know it won't taste like a home canned jam, but if we like the taste, I may look into any good recipes similar to it. We do can a jelly at Christmas that everyone absolutely loves - it's a cinnamon/candy apple flavored jelly.  It's definitely not made with healthy ingredients (ha ha!), but I do not know one person who does not like it at Christmas. The jelly is called Cinnamon Cider Jelly - Recipe on my blog. I finally convinced my husband that we needed to visit the largest...

I ma k e C innamon Cider Jelly every fall.  I typi cally give this away for gifts versus selling it. Cinnamon Cider Jelly 4 cups apple cider 1 / 2 cup cinnamon im perials (red hot cand ies) 1 box pow dered pecti n (1-3/4 oz) 4 1/2 cups granulated sugar     Add cider, cinnamon candies, and pow dered pecti n to a 6-8 quart stainless steel pan. Heat and stir on high, until it reaches a ro lling bo il. Add sugar, and stir on high until it reaches a rolling boil .  Boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and skim.   Pour into steril ized, hot jars,  wipe jars with a clean wet tow el, and add lids and rims.   Place jars into canning pot .  Pro cess for 10 minutes. Remove from cann er and place on towel lined counter/table.  Let sit for 24 hours.  Place any jars that hav e not sealed into the ref rigerator. Yield:  Approximately 7 half pint jars. For Candy Apple Jelly , simply use organic, unsw eeten...