Ending #ChristmasWeek With Spiced Boozy Cherries

Spiced Boozy Cherries are a delicious treat to give or receive – sweet cherries are simmered in a spiced bourbon laced syrup and are scrumptious in your favorite cocktails, spooned over ice cream or pound cake or even just straight out of the jar – not that I’ll ever tell! Welcome to Day Five of Christmas Week. This event is hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Susan of The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen. We hope to inspire you to break out those holiday sprinkles and get your bake on! You didn’t think I’d finish off #ChristmasWeek without a bit of holiday “spirit” did you? One of my culinary bucket list items this year has been making homemade maraschino cherries.  Now – while I was going to do that – the cherries that you need for that recipe are sour cherries and the most I could find was sweet cherries.  So – after much thinking, I decided that I’d add a bit of bourbon to a spiced simple syrup and made these divine Spiced Boozy Cherries. If you are planning on giving them away, you might want to process these in a water bath for 10 … Continue reading Ending #ChristmasWeek With Spiced Boozy Cherries