A great way to preserve your fresh peaches is by freezing them. Freezing peaches lets you have those fresh summer peaches anytime 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.
Why freeze peaches
When summertime gives you an abundance of delicious fresh peaches, you want them to last and last.
In order to make those peaches last, you'll want to preserve them. You can preserve 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.
Step by step directions
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 baking sheet lined with peaches in freezer
- Leave until peaches are fully frozen
- Remove peach slices from baking sheet and place in a freezer bag or container
- Label and date bag and store in deep freezer
Recipe tips
- Use ripe peaches free from blemishes and bruises
- If the peel doesn't slip easily from the peach, place 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
When placed in a freezer safe bag in a deep freeze, peaches will maintain their quality for up to one year.
I like to remove the skin from my peaches prior to freezing, but it is a personal preference.
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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Freezing Peaches
Equipment
Ingredients
- 10 peaches
Instructions
- 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 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
- Place baking sheet lined with peaches in freezer
- Leave until peaches are fully frozen
- Remove peach slices from baking sheet and place in a freezer bag or containerLabel and date bag and store in deep freezer
Notes
- Use ripe peaches free from blemishes and bruises
- If the peel doesn't slip easily from the peach, place 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
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Bev. says
Hi Kathy , I would like to know if I can freeze Mango the same way you froze your Peaches ?
Kathy says
Hi Bev,
Yes, you can freeze mango the same way.
Kathy 🙂
Valentina says
I am always so bummed when peach season is over -- stone fruits in general, so I love learning this method of preserving them. 🙂 ~Valentina
Kathy says
It's a great way to keep your summer fruits and use them in the cold days of winter!
Dawn says
Such a great idea to capture one of my summer faves by freezing. I would love to have some of these on hand. So many delicious uses!!
David @ Spiced says
This is perfect, Kathy! We do indeed have a deep freezer, and this method would be a great way to save the peach bounty and use it on a cold winter day. Sadly we are almost out of peaches now so we don't have enough to freeze...but I'm totally doing this next summer! 🙂