If your way works, keep on doing it. I think many of us make and can pectin as a convenience factor - don't have to worry about having apples or lemons on hand.

I make apple pectin from the apples on my old apple tree. Birds or worms seem to get all my apples by the time they get ripe, but in mid summer, I can get lots of green ones to make pectin. So in my case, I would have to actually go buy apples the rest of the year to use your method.

Your method is one of the traditional options. The benefit of making pectin ahead is it can be frozen or canned for those times when apples or citrus aren't seasonal, but that's a convenience, not a necessity.

Carol

Thanks for the answers.

I ALWAYS have lemons, so for me, this is easiest, rather than adding another round of canning.