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- Dandelion Jelly is easy to make but it it time consuming. Learn how to make dandelion jelly the easy way. Dandelion jelly jam has only a few simple ingredients: dandelion flowers, sugar, pectin, and lemon juice!
We show you the easy old fashioned way how to make and can dandelion jelly. It's very easy to make but it is time consuming. You just have to pick the flowers, remove the green, and make dandelion tea. Once you have the tea, it is easy to make dandelion jelly and can it in mason jars using the open kettle method with NO WATERBATH. Enjoy the bounty of spring dandelions even during the winter!
We use this jelly on homemade southern biscuits and toast for breakfast. Dandelion jelly has the taste of honey and is perfect for breakfast on cool spring mornings.
Making jelly is a big part of the summer at most homesteads. Dandelion jelly signals the start of spring and the canning season. Eating this wild flower jelly is a pleasure.
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You did an excellent job making the Dandelion jelly. 😀
Thanks!!!
I'm going to try this again. Thanks for sharing.
thank you , u explained everything extremely well , covered everything even the small stuff, this is a video we can watch and make something that actually comes out how it's supposed to
Wow☺️ who would have thought , thankyou 💖💖💖🇦🇺
Thank you for your excellent videos, have been a follower for a long time, and often refer back to your tutorial videos. Much appreciated.
Awesome and thanks for the kind comments!!
Thanks so much for such an informative video! I picked a bunch of dandelions yesterday and today then came across your video for the recipe and it was really easy! waiting on it to cool now but super excited to try, Ive never had it before and also never made jelly before!
Awesome!! Thanks!! I hope you enjoy that jelly!
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks!
Thanks Jamie. Was looking yesterday and saw about a dozen blooms. Still a little bit cool here yet. God Bless and stay safe.
Thanks! God bless you also!!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful blessing. Your dandelion jelly looks delicious and I’m going to try this ❤️
Thanks! It’s really delicious.
Gonna go out again today and pick more flowers to make more jelly. I love all your videos
Thanks! We really appreciate it!
I wish I could post a picture! I made this today and it's amazing!! Thank you! Can't wait for the honeysuckle to boil!
Thanks! It does taste amazing. My whole family was taste testing it last night. They all love it.
Excellent teaching style!! Hugs for Miss Pearl!!!❤
Thanks!! Pearl is definitely a sweet pup! She thinks she owns the place!
Wow that is awesome and I will try that
Thank you so much.
I love it mase some last year
I plan on making some today made some years ago but forgot how,so thanks 4 making a video.
Thanks!
Thank you for the video!! We have so many dandelions right now and I have been wanting to learn some recipes!!
Thanks! There seems to be a lot more this year.
Great tip on why to invert jars for 5 minutes.
Thanks!
This is amazing I love dandelion tea so I will have to make this dandelion jelly
Hi. Thanks!! It’s really good!
My jelly turned out perfect. Thank you for your help and sharing useful knowledge with us all. God bless you!
Awesome!! Thanks for your kind comments. God Bless!!
I take my thumb and I split the green roll it back take out the blossom so much easier I think after a while you can clean them even faster lol gl have much fun . I would rather split the blossoms than picking them
That’s worth a try!! Thanks for sharing!!
Wow SO glad I found ur channel! Love the content :)) VERY useful knowledge indeed! Thanks and God bless ✝
Thanks for the kind comments!!!
I made this tonight. It’s amazing ❤I will make this a lot! Thanks for sharing
Awesome!! Thanks for watching!
So Awesome ....Golden jelly !!!!
I'm diffently going to make this Jelly
You will love it!
Oh my that is beautiful 😍
Thanks!
You do my all time fav version!
Thanks!!!
i really like the format of your videos, no fuss - no muss, just tell us how to do it and achieve a good product. thanks
Thanks! Much appreciated!
oh my goodness! i didnt know you could make this! i love it!
Thanks!
Great job! It’s almost redbud jelly season here in Southeastern Kentucky!
Thanks! I need to check out redbud jelly!
All of ours have buds on them but no flowers yet. Central KY. Blessings
So darn cute the way you pronounce dandelions!
The most ironic thing I’ve ever witnessed was when my sweet neighbor, a recently recovered alcoholic, was in his yard killing every single dandelion with an herbicide. The irony, of course, is that dandelion tea is supposed to be extremely beneficial for liver health. Over-indulgence in alcohol is harmful to the liver. Those dandelions he so diligently killed would’ve been so good for him. 🌼🌞
That is ironic!! Wow!
Super good for you
I'm going to try this when the snow leaves AGAIN !! We got nailed with a snow storm yesterday and the neighbors have about 2 feet of snow on their roof 😳 I like making coffee from the roots 😁
Maybe that snow will get out of the way and you’ll have some dandelions pop out.
I have plenty of dandelion's in the yard. I like dandelion's now. 😃
Yes, dedicating this to all those that thought dandelions were just weeds. 😉
I've never heard of this kind but it looks wonderful ❤️
It’s actually really good. It’s time consuming but worth it.
@@useful.knowledge do you sell it?
I made your recipe last spring. I ate every JAR ON TOAST.....This is the best jelly I have ever eaten. I am getting Anxious to make it again this Spring But the dandelions haven't bloomed yet. Thank you so much for posting this. God bless you sweetheart
Thanks!! I just noticed this afternoon that they are blooming really good in north Alabama.
Thank you!!!
Thanks for watching!
Can sterilze jars in the microwave too. Rinse out jars (don't wipe dry), put in microwave for 3-4 minutes on high. Careful! They will be HOT.
Thx, wonderful video
Thanks!
Just made this recipe today and wow, it’s amazing. Thank you for sharing. My new favorite for sure.
Awesome!!! Thanks!
Curious…will this have a long shelf life like a year or so??
@@ktoado yes, 12-18 months.
@@ktoado Hi. Yes, at least 12 months.
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Excellent video! Now my children are begging me to make our first batch of dandelion jelly
Thanks, the things we do for our kids
Very cool thank you
Thanks!
Thanks so much for your thorough, yet not overly long video on dandi jam! I made it last year and it was great! Only problem is I tried the "flip canning" method, and made I let the jars sit too long, but I had jam ooz out tye seal and break the seal.
So warning...only leave it 5 minutes upsidedown!
Hi. Thanks! I sounds like you need to tighten the lids on the jar before turning them over. For open kettle canning, it’s ok to tighten them really good and flip them.
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Is there anything you can do with the flower petals after you’ve made tea with it? Like a poultice or something?
Oh I can’t wait until the beauties start growing. From Wisconsin. Thank you very much. I’ll let you know how I did. My husband is diabetic, do you think I’ll be okay using Splenda?
Hi. I used tho travel to Phillips, WI several times a years. Great folks In Wisconsin! I haven’t made any jelly with Splenda. I understand that you need to use the low sugar pectin. Lots of opinions out on the internet about Splenda jelly….some good and some bad. If you have never made any jelly with Splenda, my advise would be to make some Grape or Apple jelly out of juice and see how it turns out. We have videos on our channel of these jellies with sugar and sure jell but the should be easy to adapt to Splenda and low sugar pectin. All the best!
Yeah excellent.. I tried to make dandelion jelly years ago... it tasted like silage for cows...my first attempt I had to throw it all out I didn't take the green off it was terrible... 😂... Now that I know how I can try it again.. thank you.. it is a good medicine it is a diuretic...
Thanks!!
Thanks for this video, it's so helpful! One question - do you boil (or bake) the jar bands as well? Or just the lids and jars?
Thanks!! The bands don’t require to be warmed up. I do wash them. I put the lids in the really warm (not boiling) water. I turn the stove eye to a low for this. The jars need to be hot which is why I put them in the oven at 250. This basically sterilizes them but also keeps them from cracking when you put the jelly in them.
@@useful.knowledge thank you so much :) I haven't made jelly before but I'm really looking forward to try this!
You can definitely do this. We have several different jelly videos on our channel. They key to the open kettle method for canning is to get the hot jelly into the hot jars quickly and then get the lids on. Have fun making jelly!
Thank you so much for this video! What does dandelion jelly taste like? I’d like to make some for my husband but he wants to know what it tastes like first. Dandelions seem to have a lot of health benefits. Thanks, again, as you make things seem so simple to make. God bless you!
Hi. My wife, grown kids, and myself are taste testing it. I think it taste like honey with a more flower note. My wife thinks it taste like plum jelly but also with more of a flower taste. My son thinks it taste like honey and daughter thinks light honeysuckle. It’s a very unique taste. The jelly is time consuming because you have to remove the green part of the flower. Definitely recruit help to do this because it took me a couple hours. It’s worth the work.
@@useful.knowledge I so much appreciate your reply! My husband really likes honey so I hope I can make some. God bless you and your family! 💕
Will it still have health benifits after adding all that sugar and pectin?
Haha. Like the question "what does frig legs taste like"? People say chicken, I say frog legs.
It's delicious! Can't describe it tho. BUT it's the best I have ever had. Sounds weird I know.
How many cups of dandelions did u say u started with. I missed that part.
Wow am so glad you don't half to water bathe can them ...how long can we keep on the shelf .....thanks God bless
Hi. They will last at least 12-18 months in the pantry and several weeks in the fridge after opening. Thanks and God bless you!
@@useful.knowledge Thank you God bless
My understanding is that the roots have the most healthful benefits of all the “weeds” in yards but that is only true if you haven’t used roundup in the yard.
I haven’t ever come across any healthful benefits regarding the flower.
Pectin is now being criticized in scientific organizations but I’ve yet to find their scientific research for those claims.
On to my further research of dandelion!😀
Pectin harmful? How can that be? It's made from animal hooves.
‼️ Does anyone know the shelf life of jams that are open kettle canned like this? Thanks!
Hi. At least 12-18 months. I have canned 1000’s of jars with the open kettle method. Just this weekend, I opened up a jar of blackberry jam from last summer. Tastes like I just canned them.
Know what i'm doing in morn, after zoo's taken care of...lol.
I just made the jelly last night following your video to a t. woke up this morning and it didn’t set😢 not sure what I did wrong. Is there anything I can do to fix it now?
Hi. That doesn’t sound good. Yes, we can probably fix it. What type of pectin did you use? Also did you change the amount of sugar?
I've never heard of dandelion jelly, what does it taste like, and do you wash the dandelions before using them?
Hi. It has a almost honey like flavor. Hi like it a little better than honeysuckle jelly. I didn’t wash the dandelions because I had hand plucked the petals from the green base and knew I didn’t have any insects on them. It’s a lot of work but everyone loves the jelly around here.
How would you store your flowers between picking them and getting enough processed (sorting yellow from green) until ready to make jelly? Can you just put in fridge? Would you put in water or keep them dry?
Hi. I would put them in the fridge dry. They may look wilted but will be ok. Also you could just pick and process half at a time. Let’s say you have only 4 cups of flowers picked which will end up to be about 2 cups with the green part removed. Just go ahead and make your tea with half the water required (2.5 cups).
Did you wash the dandelion petels first? What was Miss Pearl's opinion on your jelly.
Hi. I didn’t wash dandelions because I had spent so much time going through them that I knew they were clean. Pearl is such a great dog. We lost Macie earlier this spring. She was 13. She was wide open until the morning she died. Liberty who is in some of the videos adopted Pearl right away and has been her Mom since we brought her home. She even gets in between myself and Pearl when Pearl decides to destroy things like my new water hose 🤣😂
Dang, where do l find a man that makes jelly? 💖
😂🤣
Can you do bonebroth this way? If not can you do one on bonebroth?
Hi. Unfortunately the answer is no. In order to use the open kettle method (shown in the video) or the water bath method, the product must be acidic which is a ph of below 4.6. Meats are not acidic so they require pressure canning.
Dandelion wine?
I've never heard of this. Do you have it any other way than on toast?
Hi. My daughter makes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with it. Also, we have eat it with biscuits.
Can I pick them a couple days prior??
Hi. You can but they will start to close up however that’s not really a big deal. By the time I plucked all of the green off of the flowers that I picked, they were closing up. It won’t hurt the flavor. I would think about storing them in the fridge .
Did you wash the dandelions? And if so when? Before or after you removed the green part of the flower?
Hi. Someone else asked me that as some point. I don’t think I did since i picked those before any bugs were out and I was going through each flower. However, I usually do wash them and it’s after I pluck the leaves off the petals. Thanks!
What does it taste like? I saw another site that says it tastes like honey
It has a honey like flavor. It a lot of work but has a unique flavor that makes you want more.
If you don't have enough flowers at one time. Can you freeze them until you have enough?
Yes or you can make a tea with the flowers you have with a proportionate reduced water. Then freeze the tea.
@@useful.knowledge thank you.
I just pinched the petals and pulled them straight out of the green part
How long will these last on the shelf?
Hi. At least 12 months.
@@useful.knowledge thanks! I made your recipe yesterday, and it is awesome!
Do I have to put that much sugar? Could I use less?
Hi. Unfortunately you can’t reduce the sugar or it will not set. You can use the low sugar pectin but that stuff is full of chemicals.
Can I use dandelion for tea??
Hi. Yes that is how folks make tea. I just take the tea and make jelly.
Is there alternatives for diabetes, i love doing this but it has way too much sugar, 😅
Is boiling them considered the time that you clean them or do you rinse them off first before you even start that process?
Hi. Boiling starts when you put them in the water.
@@useful.knowledge so do you wash them
I didn’t wash them because I had just went through them thoroughly and it was early enough in the spring that I didn’t have insects all over them. You can wash them because it’s not going to hurt the flavor.
@@useful.knowledge oh I just think of animals peeing on them lol
😂🤣 that is a possibility
What elevation are you at? I am at nearly 3000 feet, so boiling is at a different temp and the charts with the pectin say to boil longer. I tried Sure Jell, wasn't happy with how soft the jelly turned out. So I tried Certo, and it failed altogether. I had dandelion syrup. Put most of the syrup back into the pan, reheated, then more Certo. Still too soft. This happened with our pepper jelly too. I don't want super-firm jelly, but it shouldn't move around like a cold honey.
Hi. I just checked and my gps says 750ft. You peaked my interest about what’s going on with your jelly. There is almost zero good info out on the internet. Also most folks are talking added processing times but what they are really discussing is water bath processing not the actual jelly making. At 3000ft your boiling temp is about 206. That would mean your jell point is about 214. If you run that full rolling boil for too long and too far past the jell point, your jelly will become a syrupy mush. That could be why the sure jell recipe only calls for one minute of full rolling boil. If you boiled for longer than one minute after adding sure jell and then boiled for longer than another minute after the sugar is added, you probably boiled too long. I would try again on something that doesn’t take up large amounts of time (maybe try it on grape jelly). Just purchase some good grape juice and try the theory. We have a grape jelly video using store bought grape juice.
I’ll be interested in hearing if this works!
One more thing with the dandelion jelly, it does need the lemon juice to help it set.
@Useful Knowledge a coworker suggested putting the syrup into plastic container and putting it in the freezer, make freezer jelly out of it. What do you think?
I believe I may have boiled it too long.
To sanitize the jars, my dad fills them about 2/3 full of water and microwaves until hard boiling. Seems to work fine.
Thank you for replying.
Hi. Your Dad’s method is similar it what I learned while growling up. I started washing the jars and putting the jars in the oven at 250f because I didn’t like hot water splashing on me. You could definitely try making it into freezer jelly. I might actually be good like that!
I put some in a plastic container and put it in my freezer. It is about the consistency of cold applesauce. It seems to have mellowed slightly, and it’s good! I am now in the process of making lilac jelly.
What is the shelf life?
Hi. At least 12 months.
2:06 ... ONE!! Ah ha ha ...
That’s right! It’s about like shelling peas. I was watching TV and plucking out dandelion petals. My wife and daughter declined to participate. After they tasted the jelly, now they want to help. 🤣
@@useful.knowledge I was just thinking of the dandelions yesterday walking through the yard...Do you soak them in vinegar water for the bugs?
@@tclodfelter8789 I really didn’t have any bug issues. I had a few but was able to get them out easily. It was a windy cold afternoon when I picked them so that did help.
Thank you for this very easy video. Just made mine. And how wonderful it is to here this ping. It taste just like honey. Thank you from southern Texas. Pray for us as we try to protect our homesteads. As there are at least 6800 illegals crossing over a day. And no it's not women and children but men. Bringing diseases and drugs. We are not allowed to shoot at them are we get arrested for defending our homestead. God bless you. And I got 8 jars. Golden yellow. Strawberries next.
Hi. Thanks for sharing! God Bless You and I hope the illegals situation gets better. I have three German Shepards that are just to protect the homestead but we don’t have your issues. We mostly have methheads that like to steal to support their habits. They really don’t want to deal with the dogs so they stay away. Enjoy the jelly. I just noticed that we’ve got some starting to blossom out here in north Alabama. Thanks!
It doesnt look like you washed them at the start... do you just rely on the heat killing any bad stuff while you make the tea? Do you not wash them at all ?
Good question! I did not because I touch each petal and know they are free of dirt and insects. Also, we get those early in the year before bugs get bad. I definitely wash honeysuckle!
@@useful.knowledge thank you kindly for your response. And much appreciation to you for being one of the few who are inspired to know, use and share these natural things.. for the video too... thank you. I'm going to try making it. 🤞 I expect I'll just burn another pan 🤣
@@theyrenuts2845 Thanks for your kind comments!!! No on the burning of the pan ! 😂
Have you ever made hibiscus jelly?
Hi. Yes, we have a video of making hibiscus jelly on our channel.
Why don't you mix chamomile and dandelion and make jelly? That's would be killer combination.
You forgot to mention that's there's another plant/flower that looks very similar to the dandelion and you need to make sure you have properly identified the dandelion.
The good thing is the dandelion look alike are not poisonous. Folks can look up cats ear and sow thistle for the look alike.
It is long to take the green part off🙀🙀
No joke!! That is the pain of the whole process.
Sugar ain't sugar refined or not...
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I tried this , followed the steps correctly, and it never got thick at all.
Hi. What type of pectin did you use?
@@useful.knowledge sure gel
Ok. I’m asking to try to help. Was it the yellow box regular sure gel and the same amount of sugar as shown on the video?
@useful.knowledge I reprossed it. It got a bit thicker, but it's a darker color. Tastes ok.
You DID DO AN excellent job on this..... thanks so much. I'm def making some. Just perfect. 😊 🫂
Thanks so much!