We have a nice little orchard of three peach trees and three apple trees in our yard. One day I decided I wanted to figure out some sort of sauce to pour over waffles. I looked through all the cookbooks, but didn’t find anything that sounded good. Time to hit the internet.
If you do a Google search for “Peach Syrup”, you will get many, many different recipes. Most of them are a form of apple sauce…They consist of peach puree, with a ton of brown sugar, corn syrup, and who knows what else…
We played around with a lot of different recipes before we ultimately decided to create our own. There really isn’t much to it. During the fall, we have lots and lots of fresh peaches to use. In the off-season, we resort to what we have in the freezer.
5 Peaches peeled and sliced
1 Tbsp. Butter or Margarine
2 Cups Water
1 tsp. Vanilla
½ Cup Sugar
1 tsp. Cinnamon
In a large saucepan, combine the butter, water, vanilla, sugar, and cinnamon. Bring to a fast boil and let cook, stirring occasionally, until it thickens, about 10 minutes. As it cooks, slice the peaches and place them into the syrup. Be sure to pour any excess peach juices into the syrup mixture. Cook it down until it is the consistency you desire. A lot of the time, we will double all of the ingredients except the peaches, just to get extra saucy goodness!
Like I said…There really isn’t much to it. But it really is amazing on top of waffles, pancakes, ice cream…or whatever else you can come up with.
Enjoy!
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