Maraschino Cherries
Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 2 cups
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup Cherry juice
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 /2 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • ½ tsp almond extract
  • 2 cups washed, pitted cherries (sweet bing or sour cherries both work great!)
Instructions
  1. In a small saucepan, heat the cherry juice, water, and sugar over high heat until boiling. Stirring constantly until the sugar dissolves.
  2. Add in the lemon juice, almond extract, and pitted cherries and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring often so that the cherries soften and take on the flavor or the juice mixture.
  3. Place maraschino cherries and juice in a glass jar in the refrigerator for up to one month.
Recipe by Smashed Peas & Carrots at https://smashedpeasandcarrots.com/recipe-how-to-make-maraschino-cherries/