Sour Cherry Jam & Choc Chip Biscuits

• FOR THE SOUR CHERRY JAM:
• 4 cups Pitted Sour Cherries, Fresh Or Frozen
• 2 Tablespoons Butter
• 1/2 teaspoons Almond Extract
• 1 box (57g Size) Powdered Fruit Pectin
• 5 cups Granulated Sugar
• FOR THE CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCUITS:
• 2 cups All-purpose Flour, Plus Additional For Dusting
• 1 Tablespoon Granulated Sugar
• 1/2 teaspoons Salt
• 4 teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1/2 cups Lard
• 1 whole Large Egg, Lightly Whisked
• 2/3 cups Milk
• 1 cup Semi-sweet (or Dark!) Chocolate Chips
• 1-1/2 Tablespoon Butter, Melted
• 2 Tablespoons Coarse Sugar (optional)

1. For the sour cherry jam:
2. Add pitted sour cherries to a large pot. Begin cooking over medium-high heat, and use a potato masher to gently mash, leaving some cherries in large pieces. Stir in butter and almond extract. Once butter has melted, stir in powdered fruit pectin. Bring mixture to a boil.
3. Add all the sugar at once and mix well. Bring fruit back up to a boil. Boil hard for 1 minute. Remove from heat and scrape off any foam with a metal spoon.
4. Return to a full boil. Boil hard for 1 minute. Remove from heat and skim off foam with a metal spoon.
5. Ladle the hot jam into sterilized half pint jars, leaving 1/4-inch head space. Wipe jar rims and add lids. Process jars in a boiling water bath for 5 minutes. Remove jars and cool on wire racks.
6. For the chocolate chip biscuits:
7. Preheat oven to 450u0b0F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
8. In a bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Add lard and, using a pastry cutter or two knives, gently cut in lard until it resembles coarse oatmeal.
9. Add lightly whisked egg and milk, and use a fork to combine most of the wet and dry ingredients together. Stir in chocolate chips. Do not over-mix. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and use your hands to shape it into a flattened disk shape. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough to 3/4-inch thick.
10. Cut out biscuits with a floured cookie cutter that is about 2 inches in diameter. Do not twist the cookie cutter when cutting out the biscuits-go straight down and then straight back up. This will ensure that biscuits rise up when baking.
11. Place biscuits on the parchment-lined baking sheet and brush tops with melted butter. Sprinkle with coarse sugar. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/canning/sour-cherry-jam-choc-chip-biscuits/ (may not work)