When sweet peaches are in season, I can’t help myself; I have to make peach jam. While we also eat plenty and I freeze some, jam seems like the best way to make sure we can enjoy the flavorful juicy peaches for months to come.
Is it just me or does anyone else get an inordinate amount of satisfaction from seeing rows of homemade jams, chutneys and preserves in the pantry?
I get a little giddy as my stock grows although I also like to give some away. I have one rule though, if possible, wash my jars and give them back once they are empty! You’ll be much more likely to be a future recipient if you do.
Shortbread Peach Jam Squares
This recipe is adapted from one on Tasty for blackberry jam squares. As long as it’s nice and thick, you can use your favorite jam. I popped one cup of my homemade peach jam on the scale and it weighed 290g. I’ve added the correct measure below, for those of you who weigh ingredients.Ingredients
2/3 cup or 158g butter, plus extra for greasing pan
1/8 cup or 25g sugar
1/8 cup or 25g dark brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups or 312g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups or 363g peach jam
Method
Preheat the oven to 350˚F or 180˚C and prepare an 9x9 in or 23x23cm pan by greasing it lightly and lining it with baking parchment.
Note: If you don’t mind cutting the squares in your pan, you can skip the baking parchment step but I find that I end up damaging my pan if I can’t remove the baked goods before cutting. The parchment makes lifting out easy.
Melt two tablespoons of the butter and set aside to cool.
In a bowl, beat together the rest of the butter and the two sugars until fluffy.
Add in the egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract and beat again.
Sift 2 cups or 250g of the flour, baking powder and salt into the bowl. Mix with a wooden spoon until combined.
Use your clean hands to spread out half of the dough in the baking pan. Prick the dough with a fork to prevent bubbles from forming while baking.
Spread the peach jam on top.
Mix in the remaining flour into the dough and use a fork to make a knobbly crumble.
Sprinkle the crumble on top of the jam.
Bake for 20 minutes, until golden brown on top.
Leave to cool completely then lift it out with the parchment paper. Cut into squares.
Enjoy!
This month my fellow Baking Bloggers are featuring peaches in all of our recipes, some savory, some sweet! Many thanks to our host, Sue of Palatable Pastime for all her behind-the-scenes work. Check out all the peachy deliciousness below:
- Uruguayan Peach Chaja Cake from Pandemonium Noshery
- Peach BBQ Chicken Legs from Making Miracles
- Mini Peach Cobblers from Karen's Kitchen Stories
- Roasted Flank Steak with Fresh Peach Pico de Gallo from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
- Single Serving Baked Peach Crisp from Sneha's Recipe
- Shortbread Peach Jam Squares from Food Lust People Love
- Peach Clafoutis from Cookaholic Wife
- Fresh Peach Shortcake from Palatable Pastime
- Gluten Free Peach Crisp from Cook with Renu
- Peach Glazed Chicken Wings from A Day in the Life on the Farm
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