My husband has been talking about wanting to make jam for a couple of weeks now so when his Aunt Joann called and said that her sour cherries were ready to be harvested he jumped at the chance. So he gathered up the kids a couple of buckets for putting cherries in and drove over for an afternoon of cherry picking and visiting.
It was the next morning that he set up shop in our kitchen and made not only a small batch of sour cherry jam, but also made some cherry pie filling with them. The girls had a wonderful time and were invited to do some future canning with Tolmour's cousin Jill when the grapes and apples are ready to harvest.
Just looking at this wonderful jam makes me want to bake some fresh warm bread to have with it. Anyone have a favorite recipe? Feel free to share in the comments below. I am always looking for tried and true, good and tasty recipes to add to our list of family favorites.
