I need a recipe for prickly pear cactus jelly?

*SUNRISE MUFFINS



2 cups all-purpose flour

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1/4 cup sugar

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3 teaspoons baking powder

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1/2 teaspoon salt

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1 1/4 cup vegetable oil

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1 egg, slightly beaten

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1 cup milk

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1/4 cup prickly pear jelly (recipe follows)



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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

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Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together and set aside.

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Mix oil, egg, and milk and add to dry ingredients. Stir until moistened. Batter will be lumpy. Fill greased muffin tins half full. Place 1 teaspoon of jelly in the exact center of each muffin, with jelly not touching edges. Add remaining batter, covering jelly, so that tins are two-thirds full.

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Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
I need a recipe for prickly pear cactus jelly?
Pick prickly pears with leather gloves on your hands. Take off spines. Rinse the fruit and place in kettle, adding enough water to cover. Boil until quite tender, squeeze through jelly bag or jelly press. To every 2 1/2 cups of juice add 1 (1 3/4 oz.) package powdered pectin and boil for a couple minutes. Then add 3 tablespoons lemon juice and 3 1/2 cups sugar. Stir often and boil hard for 5 minutes. Pour in jelly glass and seal with paraffin.
Reply:PRICKLY PEAR JELLY



Prickly pear (cactus fruit) enough to make 3 1/2 c. juice

1 pkg. jell pectin

6 c. sugar

1-2 tbsp. lemon juice



Pick fruit in Fall when red and purple in color. Use metal tongs. Pour into sink of water. Rinse. Pick up with tongs. Cut fruit in half on cutting board with several layers of paper. Place fruit in large kettle and add water to the top of the fruit. Heat water to boiling and boil 15 minutes. Mash with potato masher. Strain in cloth bag. Add lemon juice. Skim off foam. Pour juice in sterilized jars. Cover with wax. Juice can be frozen and used later.
Reply:CACTUS FRUIT JELLY (Prickly Pear "Apple" Jelly)

3 and 1/4 cups juice from cooked fruit

1 bottle liquid pectin

Juice of two lemons

8 level cups sugar



Remove fine thorns and blossom ends from 3 pounds of ripe cactus fruit. Cut into small pieces, crush and add 1 cup water. Stir until boiling, cover pan and simmer 10 minutes. Place in cheese cloth bag and squeeze out juice. Measure sugar into a separate pan. Bring juice and pectin just to boil, stirring constantly, and begin to add sugar slowly with constant stirring, taking about 5 minutes to add sugar, and keeping juice nearly at a boil. Then bring to a rolling boil and boil for one-half minute. Remove from fire, let stand a few seconds, skim, pour quickly into jars and seal hot.
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CACTUS FRUIT JELLY (Prickly Pear "Apple" Jelly)

3 and 1/4 cups juice from cooked fruit

1 bottle liquid pectin

Juice of two lemons

8 level cups sugar



Remove fine thorns and blossom ends from 3 pounds of ripe cactus fruit. Cut into small pieces, crush and add 1 cup water. Stir until boiling, cover pan and simmer 10 minutes. Place in cheese cloth bag and squeeze out juice. Measure sugar into a separate pan. Bring juice and pectin just to boil, stirring constantly, and begin to add sugar slowly with constant stirring, taking about 5 minutes to add sugar, and keeping juice nearly at a boil. Then bring to a rolling boil and boil for one-half minute. Remove from fire, let stand a few seconds, skim, pour quickly into jars and seal hot.
Reply:CACTUS PRICKLY PEAR JELLY



Pick prickly pears with leather gloves on your hands. Take off spines. Rinse the fruit and place in kettle, adding enough water to cover. Boil until quite tender, squeeze through jelly bag or jelly press. To every 2 1/2 cups of juice add 1 (1 3/4 oz.) package powdered pectin and boil for a couple minutes. Then add 3 tablespoons lemon juice and 3 1/2 cups sugar. Stir often and boil hard for 5 minutes. Pour in jelly glass and seal with paraffin.