Freezing Peaches
Freezing peaches, whether they are from your own tree or from the market, must be the best and the ripest. The peaches you use for freezing can be riper than those you would use for canning.
Before you begin to peel, cut or slice the peaches, you will want to have the freezing containers ready, filled to one third with cold syrup. To make the syrup for freezing peaches add 3 cups of sugar to 1 quart of water. Just before putting the peaches in the containers, add ½ teaspoon of ascorbic acid to each container. The ascorbic acid will keep the peaches from turning dark. If you cannot get your peaches into the freezer containers, immediately, they can be held for a short time by submerging them in a gallon of cold water into which you have dissolved 1 ¼ teaspoon of ascorbic acid.
When freezing peaches you will always carefully wash the fruit before peeling. Discard any peaches that have the skins broken or those that are bruised. A quick and easy way to remove the peel is to dip them in boiling water for 15 to 20 seconds. This will loosen the peach skins and they will slip off. Have a pan of ice water near to drop the peaches into, so they can quickly chill.
All you need to do now, for freezing peaches, is to slice or cut into halves directly over the container of syrup. Make sure the syrup completely covers the fruit. It is a good trick to add a layer of crumpled wax paper or freezer paper on top of the peaches. When the lid is put on the container, the paper will force the fruit down into the syrup. Put the containers in the freezer. And now you are finished with the fairly easy and very rewarding undertaking of freezing peaches.
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