Instructions: To prepare fruit. Sort and wash fully ripe cherries; remove stems and pits. Grind cherries or chop fine.

To make jam. Measure prepared cherries into a kettle. Add sugar and stir well. Place on high heat and, stirring constantly, bring quickly to a full boil with bubbles over the entire surface. Boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.

Remove from heat and stir in the pectin. Skim off foam quickly. Pour immediately into hot, sterile canning jars to 1/4-inch from top. Seal and process 5 minutes in boiling water bath.

This recipe yields about 8 half-pint jars.

Yield: 8 half-pints

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