Peaches are such a versatile fruit. You can make them sweet or savory, in salads, cobblers or as the star of the meal.
My favorite is making homemade peach butter. It’s perfect for spreading on toast, biscuits or even as an ice cream topping.

It’s easy to preserve as well by water bath canning. So, here’s how to make and can homemade peach butter.
This is a spiced peach butter recipe, but you can also leave the spices out if you desire. The result will still be delicious.
Homemade Peach Butter Recipe
You Will Need
- 24 peaches, peeled, pitted and sliced
- 4 cups of sugar, divided
- 2 Tablespoons cinnamon, divided
- 2 teaspoons clove, divided
- 2 teaspoons nutmeg, divided
- a crockpot or oven, with an oven safe dish.
Instructions
- First, you need to peel, pit, and slice up the peaches.
- Layer the peaches in a crockpot, filling to the top.
- Pour 2 cups of the sugar over the top of the peaches.
- Add in 1/2 of the remaining spices and stir gently.
- Cook on low for 3-4 hours in the crock pot or at 200 degrees in the oven.
- As the peach butter is cooking, you will want to stir it on occasion. This is only to help keep the peaches evenly cooking.
- After 4 hours, add the remaining sugar and spices and allow to continue cooking for another 3-4 hours.
- The peach butter will be rather runny at this point, but cooking it longer will allow it to thicken up.
- If you are using a crock pot, try setting the lid off a bit so some of the steam can escape.
- Open the oven door a bit as well if you can to allow the steam to escape. Your home will smell marvelous!
- Once the peach butter is as thick as you like it, usually after 8-10 hours, you can preserve it as is.
- If you like it a bit smoother, simply use a handheld blender and blend it smooth.
Don’t have fresh peaches? Use this peach butter recipe using canned peaches and get a great result as well.
Canned Peach Butter Recipe
You Will Need
- clean pint or 1/2 pint jars
- water bath canner
- new lids
- clean bands
Instructions
- Pour the peach butter into clean and sterilized jars.
- Wipe the lid gently with a damp cloth to remove any food residue and add the new lid.
- Screw the band on finger tight.
- Process in a hot water bath for 25 minutes, timing once the water reaches it’s full boil.
- Remove jars from boiling water.
- Allow to cool in a non drafty place for 12 hours and test the lids.
- Remove the bands, wipe the jars and store for up to 1 year.
You can also make peach butter with skins on, but you can use those skins to make jelly, too.
Have you ever made peach butter? What is your favorite way to eat it? Be sure to pin this for later!

Heather’s homesteading journey started in 2006, with baby steps: first, she got a few raised beds, some chickens, and rabbits. Over the years, she amassed a wealth of homesteading knowledge, knowledge that you can find in the articles of this blog.
this looks amazing!! Thank you!
Couple questions:
Can i use honey instead of sugar?
Do i have to peel them?
Instead of canning, can i feeeze in mason jars?
Thank you!!
yes honey instead of sugar is fine.
I don’t always peel mine, but they may change a bit in flavor. See if you like it…
and YES, you can freeze in mason jars. Up to 6 months, then the flavor seems to fade.
Can i use canned peaches?
i don’t see why you couldn’t.
How many pints did you get out of a batch?
for an 8 quart crockpot full, I got 6 pints
Can you do the peaches the day before then
Then reheat them the next day to can.
I used Monk fruit sweetener and brown sugar I did not have regular white sugar. I also used a immersion blender after adding the 2nd cups of sugar. Hope it turns out alright! Smells wonderful.
Do you not need lemon juice to can this?