I told myself I wasn’t putting up peaches this year. We still have jam from last year! It not only takes time to put up preserves — the process also uses electricity or, in my case, gas, to cook and process preserves.
So, what happened? I couldn’t resist a bargain at a roadside stand we drove by on the way to my favorite place for antique shopping. I tried to pass them by…really, I did! We didn’t stop on the way to our destination, but they were still there late in the afternoon on the way home. We stopped, I bought Georgia peaches at a great price, and yesterday I made peach butter.
I used the recipe at Pick Your Own. Because I use a Vitamix blender to puree the peaches before cooking, I don’t peel them. This saves a time consuming step, and you can’t tell the peaches weren’t peeled. It took quite a while for the peaches to cook down, but boy did my house smell great. I ended up with 13 – 8 oz containers. My canner only holds 8, so we’re eating one right off, and I froze the others. We have enough to share with friends and to enjoy long after peach season is over.
Hi Cindy, OH YUM. I love peaches, but have not had peach butter. It sounds lovely. I was reading your last post of chickens. I think in the spring I will get 2-3 chicks (breaking the rules in neighborhood). It is good to read how to control some of the bugs with them. You mentioned food grade D.E. I know of the DE at Home Depot and I don’t see any listing of it being food grade, so where do you find the food grade DE? Another blog I read recently talked about the DE to help control Pill Bugs (also called roly polys) in her garden, I would guess you should use the “food grade” DE too. Thanks for any help you can give me. Have a great day.Emily