Fresh Bing Cherry Jam

This recipe comes from my local cherry grower, Deborah Olson, of Sunnyvale, California, whose family has tended their orchards of Bing, Burlat, Lorraine, Royal Anne, Tartarian, and Black Republican cherries for over a hundred years. I added the pectin so that the jam would set up properly in the bread machine environment. To pit the cherries, use a cherry pitter, which is an indispensable tool if you are a cherry lover, or use a small paring knife to cut each cherry in half and pick out the