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Peach Butter

A historical recipe from The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering, by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum (1919).

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A historical recipe

The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc., by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum (1919). Project Gutenberg eBook #12350.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. a pound of sugar
  2. a pound of fruit

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Weigh the peaches after they are pared and pitted.
  2. Allow a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit.
  3. Cook the peaches alone until soft, then add 1/2 of the sugar and stir frequently.
  4. In half an hour put in the remaining sugar.
  5. Now watch carefully, stirring almost constantly for two hours.
  6. Boil slowly, and add 1/4 of the peach kernels.
  7. Spice with cinnamon and cloves, using whole spices.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering, by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum (1919). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #12350 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.