Emily Luchetti

Peach Butter

Preparation info
  • Yield about

    4 cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

  • About

Everyone is familiar with apple butter. But once you make your own peach or plum butter for toast or waffles, or serve it warm over ice cream, you will rarely go back to apple.

Ingredients

  • 5 pounds peaches (about 12 large)
  • 1½ cups sugar

Method

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.

Halve and pit the peaches. Purée them through a food mill. There should be about 2 quarts of peach purée. Place the purée in a heavy-bottomed nonalumin