Brandied Cherries — FarmPal

Canning recipe yielding 4-5 pints. Stores for 12 months.

Method
canning
Yield
4-5 pints
Storage
12 months
Difficulty
intermediate

Ingredients

  • •4 lbs sweet cherries (Bing or Rainier)
  • •2 cups sugar
  • •2 cups water
  • •1 cup brandy
  • •1 vanilla bean (optional)
  • •2 cinnamon sticks

Instructions

  1. 1Pit cherries using a cherry pitter leave stems on for presentation if desired
  2. 2Make syrup: combine sugar and water, bring to boil, stir until dissolved
  3. 3Remove from heat, stir in brandy (adding after heating preserves alcohol content)
  4. 4Split vanilla bean and add to syrup with cinnamon sticks
  5. 5Pack cherries firmly into hot pint jars
  6. 6Remove vanilla bean and cinnamon from syrup
  7. 7Pour hot brandied syrup over cherries leaving 1/2 inch headspace
  8. 8Remove air bubbles, wipe rims, apply lids
  9. 9Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath
  10. 10Age minimum 4 weeks before opening for best flavor integration
  11. 11Spectacular over ice cream, in cocktails, or on a cheese plate