homemade maraschino cherries

Name: Homemade Maraschino Cherries
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 1/2 pound(s) pitted sweet cherries; 4 1/2 pound(s) sugar; 3 cup(s) water; - juice from 1 lemon; 1 ounce(s) red food coloring; 1 ounce(s) almond extract; 2 quart(s) water; 1 tablespoon(s) pickling salt; 1 teaspoon(s) alum

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Cindy Conway

Buckeye, AZ

Updated on Oct 17, 2012

I can't remember where I got this recipe but always wanted to make my own.

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Ingredients

4 1/2 pounds pitted sweet cherries
4 1/2 pounds sugar
3 cups water
- juice from 1 lemon
1 ounce red food coloring
1 ounce almond extract
2 quarts water
1 tablespoon pickling salt
1 teaspoon alum

How To Make homemade maraschino cherries

Step 1

Soak pitted cherries overnight in heated brine.(water, salt and alum).

Step 2

Next morning, drain cherries, rinse in cold water. Combine cherries, water sugar, lemon juice, and red food coloring. Heat to boiling point. Let stand 24 hours.
Step 3

Next morning, strain juice into a pan and again, boil juices, pour over cherries. Let stand 24 hours. Bring juice to boil again. Add almond extract and cherries. Pack in hot sterilized jars and seal.
Step 4

Water bath time from Ball Blue Book - pints 20 min, quarts 25 min.
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