Honey-Spiced Peaches Ingredients:
8 pounds small peaches
1 cup sugar
4 cups water
2 cups honey
3 sticks cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons allspice
3/4 teaspoon whole cloves
Preparation:
Wash peaches; drain. Peel peaches, leaving peaches whole. Treat to prevent darkening. Combine sugar, water and honey in a large saucepot. Cook until sugar dissolves. Drain peaches. Cook peaches one layer at a time in syrup 3 minutesor until hot throughout. Pack hot peaches into hot jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Add 1 cinnamon stick, 1/2 teaspoon allspice and 1/4 teaspoon cloves to each jar. Ladle hot syrup over peaches, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles. Adjust two-piece caps. Process 25 minutes in a boiling-water canner.
Yield: About 3 quarts.