peach butter
I was out at the farm a few weeks ago and mary asked if I could use some peaches. They were falling off the tree by the growbox, so we backed the suburban up to the tree for a ladder and picked all we could reach. I came home with a box from the tree and a box from the ground.
As I was sitting at work shortly thereafter, I was chatting with someone about the canning he had been doing and peach butter was mentioned. So I had to make it.
Using an entire box (I think it was the one from the ground because I had to cut out lots of spots), and 18 hours later, I had 3 small jars of delicious peach butter.
lots of peaches, peeled, sliced/chopped to fill the crockpot (I'm guessing mine was about 3 1/2 qts). I added a zested lemon and its juice, a scarce cup of sugar, grated some nutmeg and added a splash of vanilla.
cooked in the crockpot overnight. I jarred it, but then decided I wanted it smooth instead of chunky so I opened the jars, put it in the food processor, heated it back up in a pot, spooned it into 3 jars while hot, turned them upside down on a dishtowel for 5 minutes, then righted them. sealed. bam.
this is going to be ever-so-delicious in plain greek yogurt with granola or on cream biscuits or on a piece of toast or in oatmeal or on waffles!!
recipe adapted from here: pickyourown.org
