Recipes from Ms. Ayala's Kitchen

STEWED CHERRIES
 
Contributed by Juleen 
 
2-3 lb. cherries 
1 1/2 lbs. sugar - white or brown
2 cinnamon sticks, broken in pieces
 peel from 1 small orange 
Remove the stem from the cherries and put in water to soak over night. Wash cherries and put into a pot.  Add sugar, cinnamon and orange peel.  Put on a medium fire and stir.  Cook until the cherries change color and the syrup is a little thick. Remove from fire and serve when cool.

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