Sweet Cherry Pickles
Print recipe Ingredients
- 2lb sweet cherries (whole, stemmed, unpitted)
- 3 cups white or cider vinegar
- 3 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- 3 teaspoons whole cloves
- 2 teaspoons whole allspice berries
- 6 sticks cinnamon
Directions
| Step 1 | |
| Place all ingredients except cherries into a saucepan, and bring to low simmer. (Your kitchen will spell pretty dreamy at this point). | |
| Step 2 | |
| Stir occasionally and simmer for 20 minutes, then remove from heat. | |
| Step 3 | |
| Using gentle pressure, fill 5 pint jars with fresh whole, unpitted cherries and shake with hand as a cover to move the cherries further down in the jar. | |
| Step 4 | |
| Pour heated solution over cherries using strainer and leave about half inch of air space in the jar. Add lid, seal and process in hot water bath for 15 minutes. | |
| Step 5 | |
| Let them sit in the pantry for a couple weeks to reach full flavor, then refrigerate after opening. | |