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Peach Butter

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  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. Peaches
  2. Water
  3. one and one-half pounds of sugar

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. Pare ripe peaches and put them in a preserving kettle, with sufficient water to boil them soft;
  2. then sift through a colander, removing the stones.
  3. To each quart of peaches put one and one-half pounds of sugar, and boil very slowly one hour.
  4. Stir often and do not let them burn.
  5. Put in stone or glass jars, and keep in a cool place.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve
  • Colander
  • Kettle