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Canning Peaches

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds peaches per quart
  • 1 cup honey
  • 6 sticks cinnamon

Instructions

  • Bring 9 cups of water and 1 cup of honey to a boil in a medium stock pot.
  • While water is boiling, peel peaches. One method is to dunk them in boiling water for 2 minutes. Then immediately put them in ice water. The skins come off easy.
  • Remove the pits from peaches. Cut them in slices or chunks. Which ever you prefer.
  • Place a cinnamon stick in each quart jar. I like to use wide mouth pints. So break the sticks in half if you do this.
  • Fill the jar with peaches. Ladle hot honey water over peaches leaving a 1/2 inch headspace in the jar.
  • Put the lids and rings on the jars and process them in a hot water bath for 30 minutes.
  • I let the jars stay on a shelf for at least 3 months to let the peaches soften and soak in the juice.

Notes

Canned peaches make an excellent snack, added to oatmeal, cereal or over cottage cheese. When you are looking for something sweet, eat them right out of the jar!
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