Peaches are one of my favorite fruits and I love to celebrate them each summer by making tons of recipes with them. Check out some unique ways you can use peaches.
I admit I am not a big fan of the summer. The humidity and heat really get to me. But I still find pieces of joy throughout the season and a big part of that is fresh peaches.
The season begins in May but it isn't until the summer months that I find the most incredible peaches. I eat a ton of them but also look to cook with them. Below you will find the best recipes from the blog over the past 14+ years and why you should try out each recipe.
Peach pie is a common enough thing but instead of having pie crust on the top and bottom, I make a streusel topping of flour, brown sugar, and butter.
🍴 Why Try This Recipe - If you are like my family you have some people who like pie better and some that would rather have a cobbler. This recipes can satisfy both crowds.
Summer time calls for lots of cold drinks and this is a great one to showcase the best fruit in season. Pureed peaches are mixing in with a simple lemonade recipe.
Another cold drink option is to make this homemade peach soda pop. It is made by making a syrup that you then add to carbonated water.
🍴 Why Try This Recipe - The syrup can also be used on top of homemade yogurt or plain yogurt from the store. It can be a replacement for maple syrup on top of pancakes or waffles.
If you love slushies or snow cones, this is like a more flavorful version that can be made without any special equipment. You combine peaches, water, and sugar into a container that you place in the freezer. Then every 30 minutes you scrap the mixture with a fork until you have a full frozen slush.
A compound butter is made when you combine anything flavorful with butter in a food processor. Fresh peaches are a great choice and this stores really well in the freezer.
🍴 Why Try This Recipe - So that you can have the most incredible toast you ever made. When you have this made ahead of time and need a quick breakfast, you just got to make some toast and spread this on.
Tahini is basically sesame seed butter. It's what is used in making hummus. I had some extra on hand from making my own hummus, so I made an amazing salad dressing with it using fresh peaches. The color of the dressing is beautiful. I also have a strawberry version as well.
As a kid I always loved the packs of flavored applesauce you could get in the store. Now I make my own and of course peach is a favorite. And of course this is way better.
🍴 Why Try This Recipe - Some of the best applesauce making apples are available right at the tail end of the peach season.
Individual Upside Down Peach Cakes
Who doesn't love a cute, mini dessert that you can have all to yourself. These cakes you cook with the peach down and then flip over to make an amazing looking dessert. Pineapple upside down cake, eat your heart out!!!!
Peach Ginger Sour Cream Muffins
These muffins are made with sour cream and are loaded with fresh peaches. The topping is a crumble topping that includes flour, brown sugar, spices, and maple syrup.
🍴 Why Try This Recipe - Peach and ginger are perfect together. If you have not tried this combo yet, this is probably the best way to do so in my opinion.
An easy to make salad dressing that only requires a few ingredients and can be used for all your summer salads.
Small Batch Peach-Strawberry Jam
At the start of the peach season, fresh strawberries are also in season. I like to combine strawberries that I pick myself with the best peaches I could locate in the grocery store.
🍴 Why Try This Recipe - I love making small batches of jam that I can just store in the freezer or fridge. You can make them very quickly and the flavor can't be beat.
If you just want a peach cobbler for one person, it's not very hard to do. Also great if you got just one peach left and it's about to go bad. (Related - Learn more about how to know if peaches are going bad)
For all your summer cookouts, have this peach BBQ sauce on hand. I roast the peaches before adding them to the sauce to bring out more flavor in them.
🍴 Why Try This Recipe - Homemade BBQ sauce is so easy to make and beats the store bought stuff every single time. It's an easy way to turn a bottle of ketchup into something better!
When you think of quesadilla you normally think of beans, cheese, and/or meat. But you also can make dessert quesadillas with fresh peaches. I include some mascarpone cheese to add a creamy element.
Roasted Peach Buttermilk Ice Cream
I love churning my own homemade ice cream. This one you want to save to make for the best in season peaches. The peaches are roasted first and then some buttermilk is included in the ice cream base.
🍴 Why Try This Recipe - The buttermilk adds some tang to the ice cream that cuts the sweetness, making a more balanced dessert.
Peach Glazed Pork Cutlets with Hatch Chiles
Last but not least is these delicious pork cutlets that are topped with a peach glaze that include Hatch Chile peppers which are in season in August, just at the same time the best local peaches in my area are in season.
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Learn from the Traveling Peach Connoisseur
I have personally traveled to peach orchards in Michigan, Ohio, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Utah. I shop for peaches in grocery stores throughout the country and have identified the best tasting peaches in the land.
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