Dried Cherries

Ingredients

• cherries
• sugar

Method

1. 1

   Put cherries in a slow oven and dry before they change color.

2. 2

   Tie in bunches and store in a dry place.

3. 3

   Alternatively, remove stones and stems, spread on dishes, and dry in a warm oven or sun, pouring juice over them occasionally.

4. 4

   For another method, boil equal quantities of cherries and sugar to caramel, then dry in a slow oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 351. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DRIED CHERRIES — (1) Cherries may be put into a slow oven and thoroughly dried before they begin to change color. They should then be taken out of the oven, tied in bunches, and stored away in a dry place. Particular care must be taken that the oven is not too hot. (2) Another method is to take the stones and stems from ripe cherries; spread them on flat dishes, and dry them in a warm oven or the hot sun; pour whatever juice may have run from DRIED FRUITS 475 diem, a little at a time, over them; stir them about, that they may dry evenly. When they are perfectly dry, line boses or jars with white paper, and pack them close, in layers; strew on a little brown sugar

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