Baked Cranberries or Cherry Preserves

• 4 quarts cranberries or sour cherries
• 4 quarts sugar
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Pick over, wash and drain large, perfect cranberries; or stem and then stone large cherries (with new steel hairpin so they remain whole). Place a tablespoon hot water in jar, then alternately in layers cranberries or cherries and sugar (with sugar on top), cover closely. Bake in a very slow oven 2