Title: Banana butter
 Categories: Jellies, Canning
      Yield: 1 Batch
 
  3 1/2 lb Bananas; ripe
      3 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  Lemon juice
    1/2 c  Maraschino cherries
           - chopped
      1 ts Butter
 
  Peel and mash bananas.  Measure 4 cups into a 4- to 6-quart pot or
  Dutch oven.  Add sugar, lemon juice, cherries and butter.  Mix well.
  Bring to a hard rolling boil, stirring constantly.
  
  Reduce heat and simmer gently, uncovered, for 20 minutes, stirring
  often. Pour into hot jars, up to «-inch from the top.  Adjust lids
  and process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
  
   Better Homes and Gardens Home Canning Book
  
   MM by Dave Sacerdote