Caramelized Peaches: Fast and Easy

Caramelized Peaches are a simple way to prepare summer’s favorite fruit. Serve them with ice cream, whipped cream, over pancakes, french toast, or pound cake.

Just a few ingredients in this recipe

The fresh peaches are the star ingredient, after all. Being ourselves Georgia peaches and hailing from the “Peach” state we are pretty serious about our love of this fruit. We’ve put them in our Salad with Peaches and Blackberries, a unique Chilled Peach Soup and Peach Crumble. Heck, we even make Grilled Peaches and Peach-Mango Pie.

The latest creation with our much loved fruit is this easy recipe for Peach Bread. It’s perfect for breakfast, brunch or as a dessert.

All of these recipes are fabulous, but truthfully we do like to keep it simple. Sometimes just a peeled peach (southerners always peel their peaches) cut into bite sized pieces is enough to make you sing.

Caramelized Peaches are almost that simple. Besides the fruit itself, there are just 3 ingredients with an optional sprinkle of cinnamon.

Cook peaches in a cast iron skillet

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If you’ve been around here long you know about our love of cast iron cooking, and these peaches are no exception. The naturally non-stick surface and the even heat make it perfect for making this easy summer recipe in just minutes.

If you don’t already have one, we’re linking you to a few selections. The size we used for this recipe is 8 inches, but of course you can easily double the amount and you’d need a larger skillet.

How to make caramelized skillet peaches

We highly recommend that you start with top quality, fresh peaches that are good and ripe, but not overly so. A freestone peach will come away from the seed and give you that pretty red center and even slices.

However, there are lots of varieties of peaches that are delicious. Our pals at The Peach Truck have written a comprehensive article on the best types if you’d like to read up. They won’t all be as pretty as the freestones, but they’re just as tasty.

Beyond peeling and slicing the peaches you’ll just melt butter in the skillet, add the peaches, brown sugar and a little flavoring like vanilla or bourbon. Cook over medium heat for 7-10 minutes, according to how firm or soft you want your peaches to be.

You’ll be stirring fairly constantly as that brown sugar and butter creates a caramelized coating. Finish with a sprinkle of cinnamon, if desired.

Ways to serve caramelized peaches

• All by themselves – they’re that good!
• rolled up in crepes
• over a split and toasted 3 Ingredient Buttermilk Biscuit
• topped with vanilla ice cream
• topped with homemade whipped cream
• over pound cake
• over french toast
• over pancakes

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If you love all things southern like pecans, peaches and bourbon you’ll be sure to enjoy reading Southern Food: Then & Now.

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