Moonshine Cherries

• Produce

  • 4 cups Cherries, fresh

• Condiments

  • 2 tbsp Lemon juice

• Baking & Spices

  • 3/4 cup Sugar

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 3 1/2 cups Rum

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Description

Ingredients

• 4 cups fresh Cherries
• ¾ cup Sugar
• 3½ cups Rum
• 2 TBSP Lemon Juice

Directions

• • Wash your canning jars, lids, gaskets, screw tops in the dishwasher on sanitize, boiling water on the stove, or extremely hot sink water. • While your canning jars are being cleaned; thoroughly wash your cherries. • Place sugar and rum into a small saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a simmer while stirring constantly. • Turn off heat and allow to sit for 15 minutes. • Stir in lemon juice. • Remove cherry stems stems, and pit cherries. Use a cherry pitter to make this job much easier. You can also use a steel straw to pop the cherry pits. • Pack pint jar with cherries and pour rum mixture over them leaving 1″ head space at the top. Wipe the rim well to clean. • Place lid and ring on top and secure tightly. • If you choose not to process these moonshine cherries, they will still be good for up to a year stored in the back of your refrigerator. • If you want to make them shelf-stable you can process them by submerging them in a hot water bath for 15 minutes or processing in a pressure canner using the automatic canning button setting.