INGREDIENTS
1 cup
granulated sugar
2 cups
water
6 1/2 cups
cherries with pits and stems intact ((5 cups of cherries if you remove stems but leave pits intact, 7 1/2 cups of unpitted cherries if you wish to pit and stem them before preserving))
1 1/2 tbsp
Golden Rum
Remaining hot cherry syrup from making Rum-Soaked Preserved Cherries
1 1/2 tbsp
Golden Rum
1 tsp
Kirsh ((or other cherry liqueur))