To Prepare Dried Cherries Por Pies
Ingredients
Directions
Pick and wash the cherries.
Place them in a deep bowl and cover with boiling water. Let them steep for several hours.
Transfer the cherries and steeping water to a preserving kettle.
Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, adding sugar to taste.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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