Cherry Preserves
Created by natsgarden123 on August 1, 2015
- Servings: 3
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #20421
Ingredients
- 4 cups cherries (pitted, cut up)
- 1 package powdered pectin
- 5 cups granulated sugar
How to Make
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Step 1: To prepare fruit; sort and wash, remove pits, and cut into pieces - measure until you have 4 (or a bit more) cups.
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Step 2: Place cherries into a large pot. Add pectin and mix well.
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Step 3: Turn heat on high and , stirring constantly, bring quickly to a full boil.
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Step 4: Add sugar, continue stirring until a full boil is reached.
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Step 5: Boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
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Step 6: Remove the foam from the top with a spoon.
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Step 7: Fill and seal the containers.
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Step 8: Process 10 minutes in a boiling water bath ( please use canning instructions).
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (675.3 g)
- Calories 1461.3
- Total Fat - 0.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.1 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 59.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 377.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5 g
- Sugars - 357.4 g
- Protein - 2.6 g
- Calcium - 40.3 mg
- Iron - 5.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 6.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg