Peach Dessert Recipes - There's more you can do with peaches than enjoying them fresh from the farmer's market; although that's delicious too! Let me share with you a few of my family's favorite sweet treats and desserts all thanks to a peach.
Quick...name a fruit that's associate with summer. If you said "peaches," than you are in for a real treat today. I'm sharing with you a few of my favorite peach dessert recipes.
The surprising thing about a few of these recipes is that they also use canned peaches! Preserving peaches is an easy way to enjoy this delicious summer fruit all year long.
Best way to Peel Peaches for Canning
Here is a simple way to peel peaches to use for recipes or even for preserving them to use in the future. This is the same way I peel tomatoes to preserve for my homemade marinara sauce.
- Wash the peaches.
- Bring a large pot of water to boil on the stove top.
- Place a small “X” in the bottom of each peach and submerge in boiling water for 30 seconds.
- Immediately place the peaches in a bowl of ice water.
- Then careful pick up a peach and begin to pull the outer layer of skin off.
- The outer layer of skin comes off very easily.
- Immediately place the peaches in a bowl of ice water.
- Proceed with your recipe or canning them according to the directions on the back of the mason jars or your recipe.
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Baking with Canned Peaches
Now that we have our peaches ready to use, let's discuss a few of the delicious recipes you'll find here on the site. And remember, I told you, that you can bake with canned peaches too!
- Peach Cobbler Rolls - made with sweetened cream cheese, canned peaches and topped with biscuits, this is a “peaches and cream pie” inspired recipe.
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch Peach Dump Cake – Filled with canned peaches, butter and a surprise crunch, you’re going to love how easy this recipe is. It gets the “crunch” from Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal!
- Peach Crunch Cake or Peach Dump Cake is one of the most easiest recipes you’ll ever make. You literally dump all the ingredients into a baking dish and bake! This is another one of my Cake Mix Hacks that helps you create a delicious dessert for your family!
- Peach Dumplings are made with either fresh or canned peaches wrapped in a flaky canned crescent roll dough and baked until brown and bubbly.
- You only need a few ingredients to make an impressive and easy Crescent Rolls Fruit Tart. This recipe has a combination of fruits, but I always use canned peaches.
- Homemade Peach Iced Tea is the perfect drink to help you beat the heat this summer! This iced tea recipe is just of the Fresh Non-Alcoholic Drinks available here on the site.
- Peach Cobbler with Cake Mix - only three ingredients for this delicious recipe!
- Greek Yogurt Smoothie - an old recipe, but still delicious and it uses canned peaches as well.
- Desserts to make with Canned Peaches - 17 different dessert recipes that all include a can of peaches.
Frequently Asked Recipe Questions
Peaches are great to enjoy with either a savory or sweet recipe. Here are just a few herbs and spices that mix well with peaches: cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, nutmeg, mint, basil, ginger and honey.
If the peaches you brought home from the farmer's market or grocery store are not sweet, you can place them in a brown paper bag in hopes that they'll ripen and sweeten. Or you can add them to a peach dessert recipe. Grilling the fruit helps also. Make sure you drizzle them with a sweet balsamic vinegar glaze when they're finished.
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