Garden Green
12-07-2008, 04:52 PM
I apologize for going MIA, I had some unexpected guests and things are just getting back to normal!
4 pounds dark sweet cherries
1 pound granulated sugar
3/4 cup dark rum
Prepare six 8-ounce jars.
Wash, stem and pit cherries.
In heavy saucepan, combine cherries and sugar and cook over low heat for 1 1/2 hours. Watch carefully and stir often. Remove from heat; let cool 5 minutes and stir in rum. Pack cherries into prepared jars. Cover and seal. Process in boiling water bath 10 minutes.
Store in cool dark place for 1 month before using.
4 pounds dark sweet cherries
1 pound granulated sugar
3/4 cup dark rum
Prepare six 8-ounce jars.
Wash, stem and pit cherries.
In heavy saucepan, combine cherries and sugar and cook over low heat for 1 1/2 hours. Watch carefully and stir often. Remove from heat; let cool 5 minutes and stir in rum. Pack cherries into prepared jars. Cover and seal. Process in boiling water bath 10 minutes.
Store in cool dark place for 1 month before using.