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Sun-preserved Cherries

Preserved cherries made by boiling fruit in sugar syrup and sun-drying.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 1 ingredients
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Sun-preserved Cherries

Ingredients

Directions

Make the syrup

  1. Make syrup of sugar and water.

Cook the fruit

  1. Add syrup to fruit and let boil up twice.

Dry in the sun

  1. Pour preserves into platters.

  2. Cover with a pane of glass.

  3. Place platters in the sun.

  4. Repeat for several days until thick enough to put in glasses.

By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog]. 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. See the original page.

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