How To Easily Can Peaches

It’s peach season and this years peaches have my mouth watering! This canned peach recipe is the perfect way to preserve peaches and make summer last just a little bit longer.

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If you’re like me, you grew up with plenty of canned fruit as a side dish to sandwiches, dinner, or as a snack. However, these days I do the canning and canned fruit has been on my to do list.

I was gifted a bunch of peaches and was so excited to get them canned! I was so excited I hardly waited 24 hours to bust open that first jar and give it a taste!

This canned peach recipe is absolutely delectable and I can’t recommend it enough!

Canned Peaches

Canning peaches is a really simple process. The hardest part is how long it takes to peel and slice up the peaches themself. It’s not hard at all, just a bit time consuming so don’t worry about difficulty level. This is 100% a beginner friendly recipe.

If you have some help in the kitchen to help prepare the peaches, this can speed the process up.

You may also be wondering how many peaches you will need. This will all depend on the size and ripeness of the peaches.

The first round of canning, I started off with one peck of small peaches and I ended up with 9 pints of peaches. The second round, I canned 3 pecks of large peaches and ended with 6 quarts.

Now you may be wondering what pecks are and they are how fruit or vegetables are weighed.

Peaches by Weight

Half Peck: 6-7 pounds

Peck: 12-14 pounds

Bushel: 48-52 pounds

Preparing the Peaches

To prepare the peaches for canning, you will start with good, clean fruit. You will want ripe fruit but not too ripe. Firm, but ripe.

Next get a pot of boiling water going. When the water is boiling, add your peaches and boil for 45-60 seconds.

When the time is up, place the peaches in ice water so they do not cooking. You are loosening the skins so they are easier to peel.

Next you will peel the skins off of the peaches, remove the pits, and cut to desired size.

Make sure to keep your skins and pits to make this delicious peach syrup!

Place the peaches in a bowl of cold water and some lemon juice while they are waiting to be added to jars.

Preparing the Jars

Once your peaches are ready to place into jars, grab your sterilized jars and fill them with your peaches. As the peaches cook, they will shrink so be sure to really fill your jars full.

Once full, ladle in simple syrup, peach juice, or water.

I have been told pineapple juice is an excellent way to naturally sweeten your peaches as well.

Fill your jars with your choice of the above mentioned and fill 1/2 inch headspace.

Wipe the rims of the jars with a wet cloth.

Place lids and rings until finger tight.

Water Bath Canning Peaches

In a water bath canner, fill with water so that the water will cover your jars by at least an inch or two.

Place your jars inside the canner and once you have brought the water to a rolling boil set a timer for 25 minutes for pints and 30 minutes for quarts and cover with a lid.

When the time is up, shut off the burner, take the lid off and let jars sit for at least 5 minutes inside the canner.

Remove from canner with a jar lifter and place on a towel. Let sit undisturbed for 24 hours before removing rings and checking lids.

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