This recipe comes from the Ball Canning Back to Basics Book on page 116. It yields about 4 (1-pint) jars or 2 (1-quart) jars of sliced peaches. This will yield 6 1/2 cups of light syrup.

Here’s how to make cider syrup. If you want, you can multiply this recipe by a factor of four (to still fit in a 5-gallon stock pot and make about 8 pints, or a boiling-water-bath canner load ...

Steeping the plant material for longer will yield stronger syrup. Once winter sets in, drizzle the syrup over snow-cream. The recipe can be scaled up.

The Mortons live and work on a 65-acre Centennial Farm in Bulloch County, carrying on the tradition of growing sugarcane and ...