Pickle Recipes

Combine sugar, vinegar, stick cinnamon, and cloves. (Cloves may be put in a clean cloth, tied with a string, and removed after cooking, if not desired in packed product.) Bring to a boil and let simmer covered, about 30 minutes.

Wash peaches and remove skins; dip fruit in boiling water for 1 minute, then quickly in cold water for easy peeling. To prevent pared peaches from darkening during preparation, immediately put them into cold water containing 2 tablespoons each of salt and vinegar per gallon. Drain just before using.

Add peaches to the boiling syrup, enough for 2 to 3 quarts at a time, and heat for about 5 minutes. Pack hot peaches into clean, hot jars. Continue heating in syrup and packing peaches into jars. Add 1 piece of stick cinnamon and 2 to 3 whole cloves (if desired) to each jar. Cover peaches with boiling syrup to 1/2-inch of top of jar. Adjust jar lids.

Process in boiling water for 20 minutes (start to count processing time after water in canner returns to boiling). Remove jars; set jars upright, several inches apart on a wire rack to cool.

This recipe yields 7 quarts.