Recipe by Jennifer Noble, Granville, Ohio
First place, Jellies (All Other), 2017
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Yield: 5 cups
Ingredients
- 3 ¾ c prepared juice (from 3 ½ lbs. of cherries)
- 1 box Sure-Jell
- ½ t butter
- 4 c sugar
Instructions
- Prepare juice- discard cherry stems. Pit, then finely chop cherries; place in large saucepan. Add ½ c water; stir
- Bring to a boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 10 minutes, stirring occasionally
- Pour through cheesecloth. Hang over bowl and let drip
- Stir Sure-Jell pectin into juice in saucepot. Add butter to reduce foaming.
- Bring mixture to full rolling boil on high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar. Return to full rolling boil 1 minute stirring constantly
- Ladle into prepared jars. Wipe rims and threads. Cover with two piece lids
- Process in water bath canner 5 minutes