TRAVERSE CITY CHERRY FREEZER JAM

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This recipe was given to me when I was stationed at the parish mother house in Traverse City, Michigan. A lady of the parish gave this to me along with a good supply of various flavors of jams made with jello and fruit. This jam is so easy to make you will want to make it more often to store in your freezer or refrigerator to...

Provided by Pat Duran

Categories     Fruit Breakfast

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 4

5 c pitted tart cherries
4 c granulated sugar
1 Tbsp butter
6 oz pkg. cherry jello

Steps:

  • 1. Let cherries and sugar stand overnight, stirring often until you go to bed. In the morning: Pour cherry mixture into a medium heavy bottomed saucepan and bring to a boil and foil for 3 minutes. Add the dry package of jello and mix well; stir in butter. Cook until thick about 1 minute. Pour into hot steril 8 oz. jars. Cover with lids and store in refrigerator when cooled. or store in freezer for storage.
  • 2. To make other jams: 4 c. sugar or to taste 5 c. mashed fruit 6 oz. pkg. jello to compliment fruit. Using directions above.
  • 3. For 5 c. mashed fruit: For 6 oz. jello flavor: grape-------------------------------------grape peach-------------------------------------peach strawberry--------------------------------strawberry raspberry---------------------------------raspberry mandarin orange---------------------------orange rhubarb-----------------------------------strawberry blueberry---------------------------------berry/lemon

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