Sour Cherry Jam - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lbs sour cherries (about 4 cups)
7 cups sugar
6 ounces liquid fruit pectin
1 teaspoon almond extract

Preparation

Wash, stem, and pit cherries.
Chop them small pieces.
Put fruit and sugar in a large saucepan.
Boil hard for 1 minute.
Remove from heat and stir in liquid pectin.
Skin 5 minutes.Add almond extract,.
Put in jars and seal with hot lids.
I sometime do a 5 minute hot bath, but not everytime.