Double Cherry Delight - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (17 oz.) can dark sweet pitted cherries
1/2 c. ginger ale
1 (6 oz.) pkg. Jell-O cherry flavor gelatin
2 c. boiling water
1/8 tsp. almond extract
1 c. miniature marshmallows

Preparation

Drain cherries, measuring syrup.
Cut cherries in half.
Add ginger ale and enough water to syrup to make 1 1/2 cups.
Dissolve gelatin in boiling water.
Add measured liquid and almond extract. Chill until very thick.
Fold in marshmallows and the cherries. Spoon into 6-cup mold.
Chill until firm, at least 4 hours or overnight.
Unmold.
Makes about 5 1/3 cups.