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Candied Cherries - MonthOfSundaes

Candied Cherries - MonthOfSundaes — a community recipe on Potlikkr.

Ingredients

• 1.0 lb Fresh Cherries
• 2.0 cup Sugar
• 0.5 cup Water
• 0.5 Lemon

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Method (preview)

1. 1

   Bring the sugar and water to a boil in a medium-size heavy saucepan. Add the cherries and the lemon half. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the syrup is red and slightly thick, or about 20 minutes. Cover and let stand for 3-4 hours or overnight.

2. 2

   Strain the cherries, reserving the syrup and set cherries aside. Discard the lemon half and add the apple juice to the syrup. Bring the syrup to a hard boil and cook for 5 minutes. Return the cherries to the syrup, reduce the heat and cook slowly until the syrup is thick (to about 220 degrees if you are using a candy thermometer). From from heat and let cool.