Preserving Cherries

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Cherries have multiple, very easy ways they can be preserved. Canning, freezing, and dehydrating, with recipes and tips for keeping your harvest all winter long!

Preserving Cherries

How to preserve cherries by canning, freezing, dehydrating, making cobbler recipes, and more!

Preserving cherries pages

Canning Cherries

Canning cherries gives you convenient jars of cherries to have on hand for making cherry pie, pouring over ice cream, or using in a cherry cobbler.
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Two pint jars filled with large dark colored cherries.

Freezing Cherries

My husband is a big fan of freezing cherries. He and my sons eat them like popsicles. I like them too, and the plus is…they are much better for you than popsicles. Learn how to freeze cherries here (hint: super easy).
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A freezer paper lined tray with pitted red cherries spread over it.

Sweet Cherry Jam

This sweet cherry jam recipe makes about 6 half-pints. It is VERY tempting to double the recipe. However, it is difficult to make double batches. If you want to make more at a time (I don’t blame you), simply have two batches going at the same time in different pots.
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An open jar of cherry jam with more jars of jam and fresh cherries beside it.

Cherry Pie Filling

Here's a cherry pie filling recipe for canning. Once in jars, making homemade cherry pies later couldn't be easier!
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A pie plate filled with cherry pie filling and dotted with butter.

Fruit Leather Recipe

This fruit leather recipe isn’t hard to make, but my family loves eating it…and I love knowing that we’re avoiding excess sugars and dyes from store-bought fruit rollups!
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A big pile of rolled up fruit leathers.

A cherry pitter that works!

Cherry Pitters Can Be Frustrating. Here’s One that Actually Works!

Cherry pitters are usually a lesson in frustration, but SimplyCanning.com has found one that actually works! In this review video, you can see how easy it is to use and how much time it can save!
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Cherry Pitters Can Be Frustrating. Here’s One that Actually Works!

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