Freezing Peaches

A great way to preserve your fresh peaches is by freezing them. Freezing peaches lets you have those fresh summer peaches any time of the year.

Freezing peaches takes almost no time at all and they'll last in a deep freeze until peach season comes around again.

Freezing fresh peaches

When summertime gives you an abundance of delicious fresh peaches, you want them to last and last.

Freezing fresh peaches is a wonderful way to preserve their vibrant flavor and enjoy their juicy sweetness long after the peak of the harvest season. Whether you have an abundant supply of ripe peaches or want to stock up on this delightful fruit when it's in season, freezing them ensures you can relish their goodness all year round.

In order to make those peaches last, you'll want to preserve them. You can preserve them by freezing the peaches or canning peaches.

We preserve peaches both ways every year. In order to freeze peaches, you need a deep freezer that doesn't have an auto-defrost. A deep freeze is usually a stand-alone upright or chest freezer that is set at 0° F.

Peaches stored in a deep freeze will maintain good quality for one year. Use these frozen peaches in smoothies, peach muffins, peach bars, blackberry peach cobbler, and just all by themselves as a snack.

Ingredients

Peaches. That's it!!! Just peaches. I don't use lemon juice or citric acid on the peaches. I just don't think they need them. The peaches really don't discolor through this process.

How to freeze peaches

Peel the peaches

• Place 3-4 peaches in a pot of boiling water for 30-60 seconds
• Remove peaches and place in ice water
• Slip peel off with your hands or a pairing knife

Slice the peaches

• Slice each peach in half and remove the pit
• Slice each half into wedges or dice into large chunks
• Place peaches on a baking sheet lined with a silicone, baking sheet, parchment paper, or waxed paper

Freeze and store

• Place a baking sheet lined with peaches in the freezer
• Leave until peaches are fully frozen
• Remove peach slices from the baking sheet and place them in a freezer bag or container
• Label and date bag and store in the deep freezer

Recipe tips

• Use ripe peaches free from blemishes and bruises
• If the peel doesn't slip easily from the peach, place it back in the boiling water for another 30 seconds
• Freestone peaches are the easiest peach to remove the pit because the flesh doesn't stick to the pit
• Work with as many peaches as you have available and as much freezer space as you have available

Recipe Faqs

More recipes with peaches

If you're looking for more recipes to use up all those delicious peaches, check these out -

• Peach Ice Cream
• Peach Cobbler
• Peach Salsa
• Mango Peach Popsicles
• Quinoa, Brown Rice and Peach Salad
• Peach Muffins
• How to Can Peaches
• Peach Liqueur

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