Batch #1: Basic Recipe
Basic Cherry Jam

4 cups pitted cherries
2/3 cup water or juice
3 tablespoons Ball Low Sugar Pectin
2 cups sugar

Combine the cherries, water/juice and pectin. Bring to hard boil. (A hard boil is one you can’t stir down.) Stir constantly and boil hard for 1 minute. Add sugar. Stir well and return to hard boil. Stir constantly and boil hard for 1 minute. Ladle into jars. Cap with clean lids and rings. Process for canning 10 minutes in water bath or steam canner.

Batch #2
Cherry Vanilla Jam

4 cups pitted cherries
2/3 cup water or juice
3 tablespoons Ball Low Sugar Pectin
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla extract

Combine the cherries, water/juice and pectin. Bring to hard boil. (A hard boil is one you can’t stir down.) Stir constantly and boil hard for 1 minute. Add sugar and vanilla. Stir well and return to hard boil. Stir constantly and boil hard for 1 minute. Ladle into jars. Cap with clean lids and rings. Process for canning 10 minutes in water bath or steam canner.

Batch #3
Cherry Vanilla Cardamom Jam

4 cups pitted cherries
2/3 cup water or juice
3 tablespoons Ball Low Sugar Pectin
2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp ground cardamom
2 tablespoons vanilla extract

Stir cardamom and sugar together. Set aside.

Combine the cherries, water/juice and pectin. Bring to hard boil. (A hard boil is one you can’t stir down.) Stir constantly and boil hard for 1 minute. Add sugar/cardamom mixture and vanilla. Stir well and return to hard boil. Stir constantly and boil hard for 1 minute. Ladle into jars. Cap with clean lids and rings. Process for canning 10 minutes in water bath or steam canner.