Although many have their Holiday shopping completed, there are others who haven’t started yet. Buying gifts for you wine lover friends is not a daunting task. This week we’ll feature some ideas of gifts that won’t break the bank.

If you are no stranger to a kitchen, consider making wine jelly. You will need two bottles of wine or one magnum. Since you’re making jelly, you do not need expensive wine. The recipe works well with any white wine or red wine. It calls for 3 ½ cups of wine, so there will be some left over wine for you to enjoy our use in cooking. It also calls for one box of SureJell. I haven’t tried other powdered pectins such as Ball; the SureJell does work. You will also need a ½ cup of lemon juice and sugar.

With just four ingredients, you can make a unique personal gift for the wine lover on your list. The recipe takes about an hour including the time to process the canning jars. You can can six half-pint jars or three-pint jars. The jelly is perfect for toast but is also great over softened cream cheese or brie as an appetizer with crackers.

Read the wine jelly recipe on the Wine Trail Traveler site.