Sugar-Free Home Canned Peaches

Recipe Description:

Our local peaches are coming into the farmer’s markets now. Oh my! Fresh peaches are SO heavenly… the trouble is, they ripen quickly and then the season is past… Of course, they can be frozen, but then what happens when the power goes out? I like to can my extra peaches and I do it with no added sugar or anything else. They are delicious!

Prep Time: 30 Minutes

Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Servings: 4 servings per pint

Difficulty: Moderate

Recipe Ingredients:

Fresh ripe peaches

Recipe Instructions:

Each bushel of peaches will yield approximately 21 quarts, or 42 pints of canned peaches. It is easiest to use wide-mouth jars, but you can use regular-mouth jars if you need to.

Set up your system thus... You will need a water bath canner, a large saucepan for scalding the peaches, a "jar lifter," a small saucepan for scalding the caps, jars, new caps, a damp wash rag for wiping the rims of the jars, a large slotted spoon and something to remove the hot caps from the hot water when placing them on the jars. You can purchase a little magnetized wand for this or simply fish them out with a fork.

Fill the large saucepan 2/3 full of water and bring to a boil on the stove. Meanwhile, fill a sink or large dishpan 1/2 full of cold water. Place the new caps in the small saucepan cover them with water, and put them on medium/low heat on the stove. Fill your canner with sufficient water to cover the jars when you add them and begin heating it on low heat, covered, on the stove. Do NOT get in a hurry and turn the heat up high. When you add the filled jars of peaches, the boiling water might crack the jars!

A few at a time, lower the ripe peaches into the boiling water. Leave them there for about 20 seconds and using the slotted spoon, carefully remove them and transfer them to cold water in the sink. You can do as few or as many as you wish at a time. I try to figure out how many peaches will fill the jars that fit in the water bath canner and scald that many at a time.

Using a small sharp paring knife, cut the peaches to the pit, around the middle where the "rib" is. Remove the skin and twist the peach open. Remove the pit.

Next, cut side down, place the peaches into the jars. Using careful pressure from your hand, push the peaches down until they make enough juice to fill all the empty space in the jar. Only fill the jars to within 1 inch of the rim. Continue until all your jars are filled that will fit into the canner.

Carefully wipe the rims of the glass jars clean with a damp rag. Fish a hot cap out of the small saucepan, put it on the jar and put on the canning ring. Tighten firmly, but don't get carried away!

Using a "jar lifter," place each jar carefully into the canner- it needs to have a rack in the bottom. Do not put the jars directly on the bottom of the pot. If you do not have a rack, use a folded dish towel.

When all the jars are filled, and in the canner, be sure they are covered well with water, put on the lid and turn the burner to "high." Bring the water to a full boil, and then you can begin timing the processing. Keep the water boiling well 25 minutes for pints and 30 minutes for quarts.

Turn off the stove. Using the jar lifter, remove the jars and set them on a folded dish towel on the counter to cool. Be careful not to do this in a draft. It can break the jars. Allow them to cool 24 hours and then if you wish, you may remove the rings.

Author: loves2spin

I am a happily married woman (42 years), mother of 6 and grandmother of 14. I am interested in many things, and love teaching what I know. I have an in-home sewing business, am an avid gardener and teach piano lessons..and I'm a Mormon. View all posts by loves2spin

4 thoughts on “Sugar-Free Home Canned Peaches”

Celesta says:

August 22, 2012 at 8:28 am

Canned for many years but have never done peaches. Do the peaches discolor? You didn’t mention ascorbic acid to prevent them from discoloring. Is it necessary?

1. loves2spin says:
  
  August 24, 2012 at 1:36 pm
  
  If you look at the picture above, you can see what the finished product looks like. I do not add anything to them. Only peeled peaches! 🙂
  
M says:

August 26, 2013 at 1:02 am

Do you have a blog on canning tomatoes?

loves2spin says:

January 8, 2014 at 4:28 pm

No, I don ‘t but it is pretty much the same process with different processing times. Google for that and good luck.!

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