Beet Jelly

12 medium beets - (to 13) -- peeled, chopped
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 package Sure-Jell
6 cups sugar

Wash beets and peel, cut into small pieces. Grind and cover with water. Cook until tender strain through a jelly cloth. Add lemon juice, Sure-Jell, and stir until dissolved.

Put over high heat and stir until mixture boils hard. At once stir in 6 cups sugar, bring to a full rolling boil, boil hard 1 minute or until jelly sheets from spoon.

Remove from heat skim off foam and pour into sterilized glasses. Process in hot water bath.

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