Peaches, Peaches and More Peaches. need help

[Summerthyme]

I can up peach pie filling most years. It's SO nice to be able to make a pie in 5 minutes (about all I have most nights!). I actually give canned pie filling and frozen pie crusts (rolled out, and frozen on "pizza cardboard") for Christmas presents... it lets the "non bakers" in the family put together a "homemade" pie in 5 minutes... you have NO idea how popular it is!!

It's best to use ClearJel for the thickener in the canned pie filling... you can use cornstarch, but it doesn't work as well.

Summerthyme

[heiwa]

We made a bunch of peach sauce (the applesauce equivalent) last year. Let me tell you, on a hot day, a bowl of cold peach sauce with a little cinnamon sprinkled on top is about as refreshing as it gets.

[bbkaren]

Yum, I say just make more wine - it's not like it'll go bad!

p.s. feeling envious - we've got two trees that had probably hundreds of peaches, and they all dropped when they were quarter-sized this spring.

[Just Kate]

Thanks everyone, I just went to go pick a slew of peaches and came back disgusted.

My DH said they were all ready to go, I found maybe 12 decent ones. The others are a) shriveled up b) hard as a rock but pretty in color or c) the ones that are ripe are bug infested.

So, I guess I will check everyday and get the ones as they just start to soften to at least consume. We have peach orchards for miles around us but I hate to have to go buy some.

We just do not like using pesticides and guess that is why we have what we have. Last year not the problem.

My garden this year is awful the tomatoes are slow and few vs. a bonanza last year. I was hoping to can up some tomatoes but again, not much to be had and they are just now getting big.

I will keep the suggestions for next year.

[Milehimama]

I freeze a bunch - http://www.milehimama.com/freezing-f...rving-peaches/

or dehydrate- you can cut them into little bits and add them to oatmeal, granola, coffee cakes, etc.

I use my frozen peaches often to make pancake or waffle syrup, much cheaper than maple syrup for all the kids. Just put it on the stove, chop at it a bit with a wooden spoon, and bring to a boil on the stove to thicken. Really good with vanilla yogurt too, esp. on pancakes (peaches n cream!)

[pigzzilla]

Peach Salsa on pork is wonderful.............pigz

[Barb]

Peach nectar is a good use for less perfect peaches.

[GoodEnergy]

Here's a recipe that I just love. If you don't have tons and tons of peaches(or pretty much any fruit) and dont want to crank up the big old canner or dehydrator, these little cobbler/crisps in jars are just the ticket. Make, freeze and bake when you want to serve them. The little jars stack and don't even take up huge amounts of freezer space. I just baked a few that had been in the freezer 2 years for unexpected company the other week.

http://wendolonia.com/blog/2010/06/16/crisp-in-a-jar/