Cherry Amaretto Jam

Ingredients

• 8
  
  cups cherries – pitted and stemmed (about 3 lbs – ish)
  
• 1/2
  
  cup amaretto
  
• 1/2
  
  cup water
  
• 1
  
  1.75 oz package NO SUGAR NEEDED pectin
  
• 1
  
  tablespoon fruit fresh
  
• 1
  
  tablespoon vanilla
  
• 1
  
  teaspoon almond extract
  

Directions

1. This is so easy, put a spoon in the freezer – then just put everything but the pectin in a large saucepan and bring it to a boil, add the pectin just as it is starting to boil. Stir it down and simmer for 5 minutes or so. You can use a potato masher to break the cherries up some as they boil. Dribble a bit of the liquid down the back of the frozen spoon, if it looks jammy, you are ready!
2. ** CANNING STEPS ** if you choose to can – wash the jars and put them in a single layer in a big pot and boil them for 10 minutes (I do this while I am working on the jam). Turn off the heat and remove them to drain / dry on a clean tea towel. Drop the flat top things into the hot (not boiling) water. As you fill each clean warm dry jar, wipe the rim, cover with a disc, and screw a ring on – not too tight. When they are all jarred, back into the pot to boil for 10 more minutes then back onto the tea towel to cool. You will hear the pop pop pop as they seal. That’s it!!!