Canning Cran-Apple Juice

This cranberry apple juice is not only easy to can and make shelf stable but oh so tasty! Give this recipe a try, you won’t be disappointed.

Ingredients

• Cranberries
• Sugar
• Apple juice (apple scrape water)

Directions

Prepare water-bath canner and jars.  Heat apple juice to a boil and then turn heat down just to keep warm while filling jars.  Wash cranberries under cold water removing any bad berries as you go.   Add 1 ¾ cup washed cranberries and ¼ cup sugar to each hot jar.   Fill jars with hot apple juice to ¼ inch headspace.  Place lids and rings on clean jars and tighten to fingertip tight.  Place in hot water-bath canner making sure the jars are submerged and bring to a boil.  Process for 10 minutes then remove lid and let set in water an additional 5 minutes.  Remove jars and place on counter.  Let rest 12 hours and then remove rings, check seals, label, and store in a cool dark place for 12-18 months. 

If you want step by step instruction, check out my canning cran-apple juice video. This will also show you how I make apple scrape juice for this recipe. I hope you give this juice a try so good and not hard to make. A nice addition to your pantry shelves. Happy Canning!!