Peach And Apricot Butter Food

APRICOT BUTTER

Steps:

• Combine the butter, apricot preserves, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Serve at room temperature.

OLD-FASHIONED PEACH BUTTER

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the peaches, sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and cloves. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until peaches are very soft, stirring occasionally., Stir in tapioca. Cook, uncovered, on high for 1 hour or until thickened. Pour into jars or freezer containers; cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Cover and refrigerate up to 3 weeks or freeze up to 1 year. To use frozen peach butter: Thaw in the refrigerator for 1-2 days; use within 3 weeks.

APRICOT PEACH COBBLER

Steps:

• Drain peaches, reserving 1/2 cup syrup. Drain apricots, reserving 1/2 cup syrup. Cut apricots in half; set fruit aside. , In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg and reserved syrups until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in butter until melted. Stir in peaches and apricots. Transfer to a greased 8-in. square baking dish. , For topping, in a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add egg and butter; mix well. Spoon over fruit. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. , In a large bowl, beat the cream, honey and cinnamon until stiff peaks form. Serve with warm cobbler.

PEACH OR APRICOT BUTTER-SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Drain fruit.
• Remove pits& puree in blender.
• Pour into a slow cooker.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Cover.
• Cook on High 8-10 hours.
• Remove cover during last half of cooking.
• Stir occasionally.

PEACH AND APRICOT HARD CIDER

Steps:

• Stir all ingredients together in a 4-quart slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW setting for 2 to 3 hours. Remove cinnamon sticks and switch to WARM setting for serving.
• Serving Ideas: Serve in Irish coffee mugs with a cinnamon stick swizzle.

PEACH AND APRICOT BUTTER

Steps:

• Wash peel pit and cook fruit until soft.
• Add sugar when cooked.
• Add spices.
• Pour into crockpot and cook covered 8 to 10 hours.
• Remove cover during last half of cooking.
• Stir occasionally.

APRICOT, PEACH DESSERT

Steps:

• Cut apricots into quarters. Cover with water and let soak overnight, refrigerated or put into saucepan, cover with water and simmer until tender. Chop the peaches into bite-size pieces. Drain most of the water from apricots and put in a saucepan. Add the peaches, sugar, and spices and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat. Simmer until thickened. Add a little flour if needed for thickening. Line the bottom and sides of a Dutch oven with pie dough. Roll out the top crust and cut into strips. Pour the hot filling into the Dutch oven, over the crust. Lay strips of crust across the top. Brush the top with beaten egg or cream if you have it, and sprinkle with sugar. Put the lid on the Dutch oven and set to bake over medium coals top and bottom. Turn the Dutch oven and lid every 10 minutes or so, or it will scorch. Add more coals if needed until pie is light brown. Remove from coals and let cool until ready to serve.

APRICOT BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter a 23cm-deep cake tin (preferably not loose-based, see tip below) and line the base with silicone or baking parchment. Mix the topping ingredients and spread over the base of the tin.
• Mix the milk and vanilla together. Put the sugar and eggs into a large bowl and whisk with a tabletop or hand electric mixer until the mixture is thick, pale and increased in volume, about 5 mins. Test it is ready by lifting the whisk blades - if the mixture briefly leaves a trail, you are ready to proceed.
• Add one-third of the flour and whisk slowly to incorporate, then one-third of the milk and mix again. Repeat twice more until all the flour and milk is added. Slowly whisk in the melted butter.
• Halve and stone the apricots. Place, cut-side down, in the base of the tin. Pour the cake batter over the top and slide into the oven. Bake for 1-1¼ hrs until the cake is firm to the touch and springs back when lightly pressed.
• Cool the cake in the tin for 20 mins, then carefully remove from the tin, peel off the lining paper and serve warm or cold.

PEACH AND APRICOT COBBLER

Steps:

• Use steps 2 - 5 to make the fruit base:.
• Mix the sugar, cornstarch, 1/2 cup of saved juice from the peaches and the apricots in a saucepan.
• Cook over medium-low heat until the mixture boils and thickens-- stirring constantly.
• Stir in the margarine, nutmeg, and cinnamin.
• Add the two fruits and spoon the fruit base into a greased 1 1/2 quart baking dish.
• Use steps 7 & 8 to make the topping:.
• Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, butter and egg in a bowl.
• Spoon this mixture over the top of the fruit base.
• Bake 400 degrees about 30 minutes.
• It should be golden brown.
• Serve with cool whip, whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.