Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. I was busy canning and preserving this weekend! And by busy, I mean nonstop busy!!! It makes me feel good to have all these canned goods in my pantry, but I am tired!!
I saw this recipe for Cherry Butter from Local Kitchen featured this last week on Slow Cooker from Scratch. I love my cherries! I thought it would be a fun way to put away some more cherries!
However, when I made this, I decided to add some plums as well. First of all, it meant I didn’t have to pit as many cherries (yep, there was that), but I love plums too! I thought it would a good combination.
Real men pit cherries….
Since this cooks completely in the crock pot, it is a pretty easy dish to make. I think pitting the cherries is what took the longest! Luckily, I had help
Slow Cooker Plum and Cherry Butter
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3 pounds cherries, pitted
3 pounds plums, chopped and pitted
1 cup water
1 cup red wine vinegar
1 cup sugar
Combine the cherries and plums in the crockpot. Add the water, vinegar, and sugar.
Cook on low for 4 hours. It should be starting to cook down at this point. Use a potato masher, and mash the fruit as much as you can.
Prop the lid open just a little with a toothpick. Let cook overnight, or another 8-10 hours. It should be really reduced by this time.
At this point, I blended some of the fruit in my blender. You could also use an immersion blender. I kept some fruit whole, and blended some of it (about 50%). If you want it completely smooth, blend it all!
Let cook another 4-6 hours. It will reduce some more, and thicken up. You can really keep cooking until it is the thickness you prefer!
Because of the vinegar, this is not overly sweet – more tart. We had it with ice cream (of course).
I decided to can the butter. I mean, why not – I already had my water bath canner going! I canned 4 pints and 1 half pint jar with this butter.
Although some people sleep year round, I guess winter is for sleeping and summer is for keeping busy!
This is being shared with Mix it Up Monday and Frugal I Did It Tuesday.
Another “yummy”!! I have been getting a lot of plums from CSA lately and just eating them as they are…this is a great idea for some change though!
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I love plums! I usu sally just eat them the way they are too
I love all kinds of jam and fruit butters though!
I love the idea of cooking with cherries, but I really don’t think I’ll ever develop the patience level required for pitting, haha. Looks sooo good though, I absolutely love fruit “butters.”
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haha yeah, it does take a while to pit the cherries
I want this over pancakes…stat!
ooo that does sound good!
You just made me hungry
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This sounds really delicious & I love your photos. Esp the one of Sammy taking it easy. Love how you called him “people”–totally reminded me of a photo I shared on facebook last week: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150950583487267&set=a.146390267266.125458.104975967266&type=1&theater
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I love that picture!! hahaha!! That boy can be cuddled under 15 blankets even when it is 100 degrees outside
Looks good as always, Jane. Love the expression on your husbands face. He made pitting cherries look quite manly!
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I love to can. I’m getting ready to post a Pickled Cauliflower post. And LOL, that photo of your husband. Makes me want to get in the car and run my cherry pitter over.
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ooo, I will look for that post! Pickled cauliflower sounds good. Never had a cherry pitter!! The only time I think I need one is when I’m in the middle of pitting a couple pounds of cherries
Oh my… I could eat my weight in plums!! YUM!
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You would have loved the plums we got from our farmers market this weekend (not the ones I used in this recipe).. they were tiny and so super juicy!! mmmm!
I love, love, love cherries! The cherry pitter I bought this past year has become a serious fixture in our house. What an awesome-looking condiment!
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Love the cherry pitting photo!!
What a great dessert topping! Was surprised to see so much vinegar, but I guess it cooks down over time. Love this recipe!
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Yes, it really does cook down. It still was a little tart, but I liked it! I loved that cherry pitting picture! haha He really did pit over 1/2 of the cherries!!
MMMMMM….I just love cherries!! This might be good in your cold cereal!!
hahaha yeah for sure!!!