Apple jelly failure

[beetiger]

I do not seem to be able to make apple jelly this year. I have tried to make several batches, and although one came out just fine, the rest haven't jelled and have just turned into hard-candy in a glass jar, of pretty much no value. Today's failed as well, but at least this time I've had the foresight to pour it on a silicon baking sheet and I'll hopefully have honey-apple-jasmine candy, in eadible pieces, not stuck in a glass jar.

But I'm really really confused. I've been doing this for years, and I've never had a batch fail before, and this is the fourth time. I must have forgotten something in the last two years, but I really can't figure out what.

I'm sad and confused by this.

Comments

[walkertxkitty.livejournal.com]

Your apples either didn't have enough or had too much. I remembered the problem from canning crabapples as a child. Too much pectin or too little and you get no jelly at all. It will either run or be rock hard. At least you salvaged some of it for candy.

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Yup. It's just this ratio has worked for the apples from these tress for a decade now, so I've gotten used to success.

[walkertxkitty.livejournal.com]

Too bad there's no way to get the candy in the glass out. It sounds like it would have made yummy lollipops.