I've told y'all before about how well my cousin Brenda preserves things. She even preserves beans! I don't have a pressure canner, so that's a little out of my league. However, I can easily do preserves, jellies and butters. On her urging I purchased the Ball Blue Book
so I wouldn't poison anyone, and I have to tell you this book has been so helpful.
so I wouldn't poison anyone, and I have to tell you this book has been so helpful. Brenda said Peach Butter is really easy to make and since I had a few peaches from last week's $.58/lb sale at Food Depot, I decided to try my hand at it today. Brenda said she adds cinnamon and so that's what I did. I also added a small dash of nutmeg, just because...The original recipe calls for 4 to 4-1/2 pounds of peaches. I only had one pound of peaches, approximately 6 peaches. I blanched them in boiling water and then dunked them into an ice bath to remove the skins. Then cut them into quarters to remove the pit and popped them into the pan. This small amount made two half pint jars. I didn't put these into a water bath since it was just this small amount. I placed them into the fridge. We already finished off one of the jars and it's only been one day! It's pretty tasty!
Peach Butter (adapted from Ball Blue Book)
)1 pound peaches, peeled, pitted, fibrous centers removed and sliced
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
dash of nutmeg
Place the peaches into a pot with 1/4 cup water, bring to a boil and then lower to simmer until the peaches are very soft. Place them into the food processor and puree.
Place the puree back into the pot and add sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Bring to a boil and then lower to simmer, stirring frequently to avoid sticking. Cook mixture until thick enough to round up on a spoon. Ladle into clean jars, top with lids and rings and store in the fridge.
If you are preparing more peaches and want to preserve them for shelf stability. Make sure you have sterilized, hot jars to ladle the peach butter into. Leave 1/4" head space. Remove the air bubbles. Add the lids and rings. Then you're ready to process 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.
That's it! Super easy and Brenda was totally right! It is so GOOD!
Enjoy!
This post has also been linked to:
- Mouthwatering Monday at Southern Fairytale
- Meatless Mondays at My Sweet and Savory
- Hearth and Soul at Frugality and Crunchiness with Christy
- Tempt My Tummy Tuesday at Blessed with Grace
- Delicious Dish at It's a Blog Party
- $5 Dollar Dinner Challenge
- Tasty Tuesday at Beauty and Bedlam
- Tuesday at the Table at All the Small Stuff
- Grocery Cart Challenge Recipe Swap
- Tackle it Tuesday at 5 Minutes for Mom
- Dish It at Frugal Femina
- Tuesday Tastes at Crazy Daisy
- Hon, What's for Dinner Wednesday
- Colleen's Fall Recipe Swap at Colleen's Kitchen
11 comments:
Interesting I never heard of peach butter but I love peaches
This looks really good!!! Do you think you could just freeze it instead for later use?
Looks good and sounds so easy! I made freezer blackberry jam the last years, this looks like another good one to try!
I can tons of peaches every year but have never heard of peach butter. It sure looked yummy! What would you use it on?
I also did peach butter and was amazed at the yield for just a few peaches. Good job.
I love making and eating applebutter (the house always smells amazing when I do) but I haven't tried Peach butter. I want to though after seeing yours, now I just need to find some peaches.
Peach butter sounds special. As a fan of peaches, I know I would love it.
Thanks for linking it to My Meatless Mondays.
Oh that looks heavenly!! I like that you only made a small amount - makes it more do able for us canning newbies!! thanks for linking to the hearth'nsoul blog hop!
Hi Candi! So glad you could join us on the hearth and soul hop! I love seeing new faces on the hop because I get to follow new blogs and discover your wonderful recipes! This peach butter is exactly what I am looking for because I ADORE peaches and have a ton, but am sad to see the season end, so making some peach butter would probably help me in the dead of winter when I need that sweet summer taste! I am now following your blog and thanks for linking to the hearth and soul hop! :) Alex@amoderatelife
Thanks for linking up with the Hearth and Soul blog hop. How cute that your cousin would advise you to buy the book to keep you from poisoning anyone! I wish I had had some guidance when I was learning to can! Fruit butters are one of my favorite, and I think I'm one of the last people in the US to have peaches ripen (not YET), so I could still make this recipe.
OH my gawsh...it looks so delicious. I just want to reach in and grab that spoon. And lick it!! I definitely need to try making some peach butter next year. Thanks so much for sharing this w/ the hearth'nsoul hop this week =)
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