Preserved Peaches in Syrup

Name: Preserved Peaches in Syrup
Yield: Serves 12 (Makes 4 pints)
Ingredients: 3 pounds ripe but firm yellow freestone, peaches; 2 cups (14 ounces), sugar; 2 , cinnamon sticks ; 1 (6-inch) piece ginger, peeled and sliced into ¼-inch-thick rounds; or 1 vanilla bean, halved (optional)

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2021

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Extend your enjoyment of perfect peaches with this simple, timeless technique.

SERVES12 (Makes 4 pints)

TIME1 hour, plus 24 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted to capture the succulence of ripe summer peaches for year-round enjoyment using timeless canning techniques. We started by scoring the bottoms of whole yellow peaches, blanching them quickly in boiling water, and shocking them in ...

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