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"Spiced Sweet Cherries"

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Serving Size: 4 to 5 pints

Amount Ingredient

6 to 7 cups sweet cherries

Juice of 1 lemon

3 cups cider vinegar

1/2 cup honey

2 sticks (2 inches long) cinnamon

24 cloves

2 slices (1/8 inch thick) ginger root

2 bay leaves

Preparation Instructions:

Wash and pit cherries and chill in ice water plus juice from half the lemon.
In a saucepan with the remaining lemon juice, simmer remaining ingredients for 15 minutes.
Drain cherries. Fill hot, scalded pint jars three-quarters full with cherries. Strain hot liquid, and pour over cherries, leaving 1/2 inch of headspace. Seal and process in boiling-water bath for 10 minutes.
Yields 4 to 5 pints.
Great with roast pork or venison.

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