Sour Cherry Jam

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 lbs sour cherries (about 4 cups)
• 7 cups sugar
• 6 ounces liquid fruit pectin
• 1 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe

• 1 wash, stem, and pit cherries.
• 2 chop them small pieces.
• 3 put fruit and sugar in a large saucepan.
• 4 boil hard for 1 minute.
• 5 remove from heat and stir in liquid pectin.
• 6 skin 5 minutes.add almond extract,.
• 7 put in jars and seal with hot lids.
• 8 i sometime do a 5 minute hot bath, but not everytime.