Recipe - Microwave Cherry Preserves

3 cup Pitted red cherries
1 cup Water
2 teaspoon Lemon juice
3 cup Sugar
One fourth cup Powdered pectin
One half teaspoon Almond extract

Combine cherries, water, lemon juice and pectin in a 3quart, microwave
safe bowl. Cover with plastic wrap or waxed paper and bring to a boil in
the microwave oven on high setting (about 8 minutes). Remove from the oven
and stir in remaining ingredients. Cover; place in the microwave oven; and
return to a boil on high setting (about 6 minutes). Stir and return to
microwave, uncovered. Cook 3 minutes. Stir and return to microwave oven,
uncovered. Cook 3 minutes or until preserves sheet from spoon. Remove from
oven; skim foam if necessary. Pour hot into hot jars, leaving One fourth inch head
space. Adjust caps. Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath. Do not
attempt to process in microwave oven. Yield: about 3 half pints.

From: Ball Blue Book Shared By: Pat Stockett

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