Sour Cherry Pie Filling for Canning
Prepare and can a batch of homemade sour cherry pie filling for making pies, strudels, cakes and more.
Ingredients
- 5 cups sour cherries pitted
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 lemon squeezed
- 2 packages of Gelatin
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
- Place sour cherries (pitted), sugar and lemon in a large pot and cook over a medium heat until mixture comes to a boil.
- Stir occassionally and continue cooking for 15 minutes.
- In the meantime, sterilize jars and lids.
- In a separate bowl, mix Gelatin powder with water as instructed on packaging.
- Next, mix cornstarch with just enough cold water to melt the cornstarch in another separate bowl.
- Slowly add the Gelatin and cornstarch mixtures into the cooking pot and slowly stir all together.
- Continue cooking for 10 minutes over medium heat.
- Transfer mixture to sterilized jars. Seal with lid and store in the pantry.