Just Peachy

I can't remember the last time I bottled peaches or made peach jam. I always buy a couple lugs of peaches each summer, but I either end up just slicing and freezing them (so yummy in smoothies) or a couple years ago Nancie was babysitting and made peach jam for me :)

This year the peaches were turning ripe faster than I could eat them so I knew something had to be done. Since I still had some in the freezer from last year (how long do they last frozen anyway?)
I decided I would try my hand at bottling them.

It took a full day but in the end I made 12 quarts of peaches (yes I have my own steamer cooker thingy)
and 11 pints of peach jam. I used a recipe Nancie gave me and it turned out so good.
We used a couple of the bottled peaches in the cobbler I made while camping... sooo delicious!

I have had peach jam on toasted English muffins about every day too!

I even had a few left over to add to my freezer stash for smoothies!