Homemade Cherry Pie Filling
Homemade Cherry Pie Filling might be a good recipe to expand your dessert repertoire. For $2.84 per serving, this recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 664 calories, 3g of protein, and 0g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 2. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes. This recipe from Amandas Cooking requires water, red food coloring, cinnamon, and clear honey. 165 people have tried and liked this recipe. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 27%, which is rather bad. Users who liked this recipe also liked Homemade Cherry Pie Filling, Homemade Cherry Pie Filling, and Homemade Cherry Pie Filling.
Servings: 2
Preparation duration: 25 minutes
Cooking duration: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
3 1/3 cups fresh or thawed sour cherries
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon Clear Jel
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon bottled lemon juice
6 drops red food coloring (optional, I didn't use this)
1 1/3 cups cold water (I used the water the cherries were soaking in)
Equipment:
bowl
pot
Cooking instruction summary:
Rinse and pit fresh cherries, and hold in cold water. For fresh fruit, blanch up to 6 cups of cherries at a time in one gallon of boiling water. After water returns to a boil, boil for one minute. Drain, but keep heated in a covered bowl or pot. Combine Clear Jel and sugar in a large pot and add water. Add cinnamon, almond extract and food coloring. Stir mixture and cook over medium high heat until mixture thickens and bubbles. Add lemon juice and boil one minute, stirring constantly. Fold in drained cherries immediately. Fill your jars with mixture without delay, leaving one inch headspace. Adjust lids and process immediately.Instructions for 1 quart, adjust quantities based on the measurement of cherries you have.
Step by step:
1. Rinse and pit fresh cherries, and hold in cold water. For fresh fruit, blanch up to 6 cups of cherries at a time in one gallon of boiling water. After water returns to a boil, boil for one minute.
2. Drain, but keep heated in a covered bowl or pot.
3. Combine Clear Jel and sugar in a large pot and add water.
4. Add cinnamon, almond extract and food coloring. Stir mixture and cook over medium high heat until mixture thickens and bubbles.
5. Add lemon juice and boil one minute, stirring constantly. Fold in drained cherries immediately. Fill your jars with mixture without delay, leaving one inch headspace. Adjust lids and process immediately.Instructions for 1 quart, adjust quantities based on the measurement of cherries you have.
Nutrition Information:
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