Hasty Habanero Jelly - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 ounces habanero peppers
    1 cup rice vinegar
    1/4 cup sugar
    4 (10 ounce) jars apple jelly
Preparation
    Rinse chilies and cut off stem ends. Wearing gloves or holding chilies with a fork, cut chilies in half lengthwise. Slice out and discard veins and seeds. Cut chilies into 1/8\" to 1/6\" slivers. Do not touch chilies with bare hands.
    Put chilies, vinegar, and sugar in a 4-5 quart pan. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring often, and boil until mixture is reduced to about 1/3 cup, about 7 minutes.
    Scrape jelly from jars into pan. Stirring often, boil until jelly melts. Ladle hot jelly back into the unwashed jars to within 1/4\" of rims. Wipe rims clean and screw lids onto jars. If there is a little extra jelly, pour into a small dish and cover when cool.
    After 1-1/2 hours, gently shake jelly in jars to resdistribute chili pieces if they have floated to the top. When jelly is cool, use or store in the refrigerator up to 3 months.
    Decorate jar tops with colorful paper or fabric and tie with raffia or ribbon for gift giving.
    Cooking time is cooling period.

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