Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Canning Peaches

I live in the country which brings lots of adventures.  For example, looking outside and finding 3 cows.  It was pretty funny and reinforced that I really don't want cows.

Around the time of the cow adventure, I decided that I needed to can 2 bushels of peaches.  I do have 6 kids who love canned peaches.  I can't say I love canning but I do love eating yummy food for the next year. So I ended up with 53 quarts of peaches on the shelves.  

As you may notice, the liquid is dark in color.  In our family cookbook, my Auntie Maxine added a recipe for sugar free peaches.  I do like to limit unnecessary refined sugar and this recipe is a lot easier than using simple syurp.  They are not really sugar free but packed in juice, so a bit healthier.

Peaches packed in Juice
Fill clean jars with your peaches.  Add 1/4 cup of juice concentrate.  Fill the remaining space with water, leave 1/2 inch headspace.  Screw on the lid and ring.  Process in a hot water bath.

Note:  We love to try all sorts of juice flavors.  I think apple cherry or apple raspberry is my favorite.  Just make sure it is 100 % juice.

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