Cherries Jubilee

• 1/4 cup Land O Lakes Unsalted Butter, cut into chunks*
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 (15-ounce) can dark sweet cherries, drained, reserve 1/4 cup juice
• 1 (4-inch) cinnamon stick, broken in half
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
• 1 tablespoon cherry liqueur**
• 2 tablespoons brandy***
• Vanilla ice cream

1. Melt butter in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat; add sugar.
2. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, 2-2 1/2 minutes or until mixture just begins to brown around edges.
3. Add reserved cherry juice and cinnamon stick pieces.
4. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, 1-2 minutes or until mixture is reduced by half.
5. Add cherries, vanilla and lemon zest.
6. Bring mixture to a boil; stir in cherry liqueur.
7. Add brandy.
8. Shake pan to ignite brandy; continue cooking until flames subside.
9. (If using electric stove or preparing table side, ignite brandy in pan with a long match.)
10. Place ice cream into individual bowls.
11. For each serving, spoon generous 2 tablespoons of cherries and sauce over ice cream.
12. *Substitute Land O Lakes Salted Butter.
13. **Substitute 1 tablespoon cherry juice.
14. ***Substitute 2 tablespoons apple juice.
15. If using apple juice, cherries and sauce will not ignite.

butter, sugar, dark sweet cherries, cinnamon, vanilla, freshly grated lemon zest, cherry liqueur, brandy, vanilla ice cream

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/3069/cherries-jubilee (may not work)