Saturday, January 12, 2013

#9 Fruit Gelatin

It never really occurred to me to make homemade gelatin...but doesn't is make so much sense? To make gelatin with 100% juice without extra sugar added. What a great treat! But first I had to find a good flavor of 100% juice....not juice cocktail, not juice with HFCS added. Let me tell you....it was not easy to find. I didn't really want apple gelatin, that just sounded weird...so I settled on fruit punch. But now that I think about it....orange and cranberry would be fun to try.

Fruit Gelatin

4 cups fruit juice (any will do)
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
Optional- 2 cups fruit


In a saucepan heat 3 cups of fruit juice, just to boiling. Meanwhile add the other cup of cold juice to a bowl and sprinkle gelatin on top and let sit for 5 minutes.


Add the hot juice to the bowl and stir until gelatin is dissolved. Add fruit. Cover with plastic wrap and put into refrigerator for 6-8 hours or until set firm.


I have never bought gelatin in individual cups before, but if you do and want little cups, you can add a few pieces of fruit to the bottom of each cup (I would use little jelly canning jars- so cute) and pour your hot gelatin into each, cover and refrigerate.


 I just spooned ours out of the bowl....our family took care of the entire bowl! It was a hit....fruity but not too sweet.....very good. I look forward to experiementing with different juices and fruits...as long as they are 100% juice, otherwise....what's the point?

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