Peach pie, peach cobbler, peach crisp, peach ice cream, peach preserves on a warm biscuit, peach cookies...this list could go on and on. Peaches have a natural and delicious sweetness that makes them delightful when eaten plain and even better when eaten as part of a treat.
There are four main varieties of peaches- freestone yellow, freestone white, clingstone yellow and clingstone white. They are rather self explanatory varieties- the freestone yellow, for instance, has a yellow inside that easily is removed from the pit or "stone". The flavors vacillate between very sweet with little tang (mostly yellow varieties) to very sweet with a lot of tang (mostly white varieties), and although most are fine for baking, bakers tend to prefer freestone varieties due to the ease of removing the fruit from the stone.
Whatever variety you choose, peaches are best purchased fresh in the summer, or frozen during anytime of the year. For a fun summer afternoon outing, you could go to Simmons Farm in McMurray and pick your own peaches!
Once you have your bushel, you'll need a few ideas for quick and easy delicious peach treats:
Grilled Peaches with Whipped Cream
Peach & Pecan Bars
Peach Almond Crumble
Around Pittsburgh, you can indulge your Sugar Lovin craving for a peachy treat at any of these local bakeries:
The Pie Place: Great place to stop for a individual peach tart, a peach raspberry torte, or a slice of peach crisp. Order warmed with a scoop of vanilla ice cream a la mode!
Sweet Tammy's: Yes, let's just get past the fact that I'm not in love with this bakery....but she does make a really nice brown sugar peach pie. Think of it like dutch apple pie, but with peaches instead.
Chik Fil A: So no, it's not local, but they do a killer peach milkshake all summer long that you shouldn't miss out on.
Happy Peachy Eating!
Chik Fil A's Peach Milkshake on the Sugar Love Scale:
Taste ♥♥♥♥
Texture ♥♥♥.5
Appearnce ♥♥♥
Overall ♥♥♥.5
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