Fun Storage Tips for Peaches

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Peaches are the perfect summertime fruit with their sweet and juicy flavor. We love slicing up a peach and putting it on ice cream, making peach cobbler, and canning peaches with sugar for winter storage is a favorite. However you enjoy them, a ripe peach only lasts so long before it begins to get mushy and spoiled. Our peach preserving information shows you ways to store whole peaches at room temperature and peach slices in the fridge, freezer, and pantry. Learn how long they last with each storage method.
Did you know that it’s easy to ripen a peach by placing it in a paper bag? Ethylene gas builds and speeds up the ripening process. Discover ways to store peaches on the counter and in the refrigerator and how to prevent slices from browning using lemon juice. If you don’t have time to eat them while fresh, peaches are simple to freeze for adding to smoothies at a later date. Find out how to make canned and pickled peaches for pantry storage and use them to make a cobbler, ice cream, simple syrup, preserves, salsa, and other tasty recipes.