Certo Recipes for Making Perfect Jellies and Marmalades

“Mother Nature's Jell Maker” — the 1922 leaflet that promised no more boiling the flavour away, with an exact recipe for every fruit.

The Recipes

34 recipes in this part of Certo Recipes for Making Perfect Jellies and Marmalades.

Whole Fruit Strawberry Jam

2 lbs. Pressed Berries 7 level cups (3 lbs.) Sugar 1 level teaspoon powdered tartaric or citric acid or Juice of 1 lemon bottle (scant 1/2…

Pineapple and Strawberry Jam

4 level cups (2 lbs.) CRUSHED AND CHOPPED Fruit ½ bottle (scant 1/2 cup) CERTO Crush well about 1 qt. ripe berries. Put pineapple through…

Raspberry and Currant Jam

2 level cups (1 lb.) CRUSHED Raspberries Currants 2 cups (1 lb.) Pulp from Cooked 7 level cups (3 lbs.) Sugar ½ bottle (scant 1/2 cup)…

Cherry Jam

4 level cups (2 lbs.) PITTED AND CRUSHED Cherries ¼ cup Water 71/2 level cups (34 lbs.) Sugar 1 bottle (scant cup) CERTO Sour cherries give…

Grape or Quince Jam

Grape: Use about 3 lbs. ripe grapes. Separate skins from pulp, halving the skins. Simmer pulp 5 minutes in covered pan and remove seeds by…

GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR ABOVE JAMS (Add sugar and mix well Use)

Add sugar and mix well. Use hottest fire and stir constantly before and while boiling. BOIL HARD for 1 minute, remove from fire and stir in…

Pineapple, Rhubarb, Peach or Pear Jam

4 level cups (2 lbs.) CRUSHED OR CHOPPED Fruit 1 bottle (scant cup) CERTO Pineapple: Put fruit through food chopper, or chop very fine…

Apricot or Elderberry Jam

34 level cups CRUSHED Fruit 7 level cups (3 lbs.) Sugar ½ bottle (scant 1/2 cup) CERTO Apricot: Do not peel, but slice, pit and crush well…

Fresh Fig, Blueberry or Huckleberry Jam

4 level cups CRUSHED Fruit and Lemon 8 level cups (31½ lbs) Sugar 1 bottle (scant cup) CERTO mixture into large kettle. Fresh Fig: Remove…

GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR ABOVE JAMS (Add sugar and mix well Use) (II)

Add sugar and mix well. Use hottest fire and stir constantly before and while boiling. Boil hard for 1 minute; except RHUBARB which should…

Cranberry Sauce De Luxe

(JELLIED CRANBERRIES) 16 lbs. Ripe Cranberries 2 cups Water 6 level cups (21½ lbs.) Sugar 1 bottle (scant cup) CERTO Pinch or crush berries…

Delicious Pineapple Jam from Canned Pineapple

4 level cups Pineapple 7½ level cups (31/4 lbs.) Sugar 1 bottle (scant cup) CERTO Use sliced or grated pineapple. If sliced pineapple is…

Jams from Other Canned Fruits

2 cups CRUSHED Fruit or Fruit and Juice 31½ level cups (1/2 lbs.) Sugar ½ bottle (scant 1/2 cup) CERTO Crush fruit well. Measure crushed…

Orange and Grapefruit Marmalade

Has flavor of orange and "bitter" of Grapefruit 2 Oranges and 2 Grapefruit (medium size) level cups (2 lbs.) Prepared Pulp and Rinds 7½…

Grapefruit Marmalade

Has the full flavor and bitter tang of Grapefruit 2 Grapefruit (medium size) 4 level cups (2 lbs.) lbs.) Prepared Pulp and Rinds 74 level…

Orange and Lemon Marmalade

Has no bitter flavor 4 Oranges and 2 Lemons 4 level cups Prepared Pulp and Rinds 7½ level cups (34 lbs.) Sugar 1/2 bottle (scant 1/2 cup)…

General Directions for Marmalades

Measure 4 level cups of this mixture into large saucepan, adding, if necessary, enough water to the fourth cup to make it level full. Add…

Jellied Tomato Conserve from Fresh or Canned Tomatoes

3 cups cooked Tomato and Lemon 6 level cups (21/2 lbs.) Sugar 1 bottle (scant cup) CERTO Scald, peel and crush well about 21/2 lbs. fully…

Jellied Tomato Ketchup

1 cup (½ pint) Ketchup 3 level cups Sugar ½ bottle (scant 1/2 cup) CERTO 1½ Cup) CERTO Heat the sugar and Ketchup to a full boil, remove…

Cherry, Peach, Pear or Pineapple Jelly

3 erps (1½ lbs.) Juice 64 level cups (24 lbs.) Sugar 1 bottle (scant cup) CERTO Berries: Juice is pressed from raw fruit. Thoroughly crush…

Raspberry and Currant Jelly

4 cups (2 lbs.) Juice from Cooked Fruit 8 level cups (3½ lbs.) Sugar 1 bottle (scant cup) CERTO Grape: Stem and crush thoroughly about 3…

Cold Process Jelly

Mix thoroughly in small pan (standing in boiling water) 14 cups any fruit juice (fresh or bottled) and ½ bottle CERTO. Add 3 d level cups…

Apple, Crab-apple or Quince Jelly

Cooked Fruit 4 cups (2 lbs.) Juice from bottle (scant 1/2 cup) CERTO Apple or Crab-apple: Remove stem and blossom ends from about 3 lbs…

Orange Jelly, Orange and Lemon or Grapefruit Jelly

3 cups (13½ lbs.) Juice 7 level cups (3 lbs.) Sugar 1 bottle (scant cup) CERTO Use 12 oranges, or 10 oranges and 2 lemons, or 3 to 4…

General Directions for Foregoing Jellies

Place fruit in cheese-cloth bag and squeeze out juice. Then drip juice through cotton flannel bag if a sparkling jelly is desired. Measure…

Coffee Jelly Dessert

Follow directions as above for CERTO Jelly, but use double strength coffee in place of water, and add juice of 1 lemon. Serve with…

Apricot, Elderberry or Guava Jelly

84 cups Juice from Cooked Fruit 1 bottle (scant cup) CERTO 8 level cups (314 lbs.) Sugar Apricot: Use about 31½ lbs. ripe fruit. Remove…

Grape Jelly

4 cups Bottled Grape Juice-71½ level cups (34 lbs.) Sugar 1 bottle (scant cup) CERTO

Apple Jelly

(SAME RECIPE AS GRAPE) Loganberry Jelly from "Phez" 2 cups (1 pint) (1 pint) Juice-3 level cups Sugar 1/2 bottle (scant ½ cup) CERTO

Jellies from Surplus Canned Fruit Juices

1 cup Juice-2 cups Sugar Scant 1/3 cup CERTO Save the juices from your canned fruits for jellies.

Fruit Flavored Certo Jelly

Good but inexpensive Jellies can be made from any Bottled Fruit Syrup or any Bottled Fruit Juice by the following recipe. 1 cup Fruit Juice…

Directions for Above Jellies

Measure sugar and juice (or juice and water) into saucepan, stir and bring to a boil. Stir in CERTO and bring again to a full boil for 1…

Mint Jelly

Measure water, add 1 teaspoon coloring and stir until dissolved. (If fresh leaves are used add about 1 cupful to the water CERTO and remove…

Douglas Patents

PATENTS The jams, jellies and conserves and the method of making them described in the recipes herein are covered by the following patents…

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