Food & Cooking Recipes Healthy Recipes Gluten-Free Recipes Homemade Cocktail Cherries Be the first to rate & review! By Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Martha Stewart is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, and lifestyle expert who has taught millions of people through generations the joy of entertaining, cooking, gardening, collecting, crafting, and home renovating via her eponymous magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Emmy-winning television shows, and 99 books (and counting). Based in Katonah, N.Y., where she helms her 156-acre Bedford Farm, Martha is America's first self-made female billionaire. Editorial Guidelines Updated on June 1, 2017 Rate PRINT Share Close Photo: Courtesy of Nikka Prep Time: 20 mins Total Time: 7 days 20 mins Yield: 1 pint Cheers to Dad! If your pop's the toast of the town, help him mix a sweet whiskey smash or a mean Manhattan with DIY cocktail cherries. Ingredients 1 cup tart cherry juice 1 cup sugar 1 split vanilla bean and seeds ¼ cup Luxardo maraschino liqueur 1 dried bay leaf 2 cups pitted fresh sour cherries (or drained sour cherries in light syrup) Directions Boil cherry juice and sugar over medium-high heat with vanilla bean and seeds until reduced by half, about 8 minutes. Stir in Luxardo and bay leaf. Pour mixture over cherries. Cool, seal, and refrigerate at least 1 week. Cook's Notes Partner up a jar with a bottle of nice whiskey (we like Nikka Coffey Grain; $65, astorwines.com) -- for a gift that only gets better with age, just like you-know-who. Originally appeared: Martha Stewart Living, June 2017 Rate It PRINT