Name: Peaches Dried with Sugar
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 in one piece; 2 pounds of sugar to six pounds of fruit; 1 pound of sugar and a little water; 1 few at a time; 1 dish and set them in the sun to dry; 1 little at a time; 1 jar with a little sugar sifted between the layers

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Peel yellow peaches, cut them from the stone in one piece; allow two pounds of sugar to six pounds of fruit; make a syrup of three-quarters of a pound of sugar and a little water; put in the peaches, a few at a time, and let them cook gently until quite clear. Take them up carefully on a dish and set them in the sun to dry. Strew powdered sugar over them on all sides, a little at a time; if any syrup is left, remove to fresh dishes. When they are quite dry, lay them lightly in a jar with a little sugar sifted between the layers.

1 in one piece
2 pounds of sugar to six pounds of fruit
1 pound of sugar and a little water
1 few at a time
1 dish and set them in the sun to dry
1 little at a time
1 jar with a little sugar sifted between the layers

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1

Peel yellow peaches, cut them from the stone in one piece; allow two pounds of sugar to six pounds of fruit; make a syrup of three-quarters of a pound of sugar and a little water; put in the peaches, a few at a time, and let them cook gently until quite clear.
2

Take them up carefully on a dish and set them in the sun to dry.
3

Strew powdered sugar over them on all sides, a little at a time; if any syrup is left, remove to fresh dishes.
4

When they are quite dry, lay them lightly in a jar with a little sugar sifted between the layers.

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