CHERRY RUM PRESERVES
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
4 lb. dark sweet cherries
1 lb. granulated sugar
3/4 C. dark rum
Recipe
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.