Brown Sugar Baked Peaches ~a Health(ier) Sweet Treat

Brown Sugar Baked Peaches make for a scrumptious -- and low-calorie -- sweet treat dessert. Baked up soft and tender, these peaches are so good you certainly won't miss the calories!

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There's just not much better than a fresh summer peach. Unless it's a fresh summer baked peach. -- With some brown sugar and a touch of cinnamon sprinkled on top, that is.

It's the height of peach season in our neck of the woods, and we sure love fresh peaches. We eat a lot of our peaches "straight up," just cutting them into big juicy pieces and popping them in our mouths. And we love to enjoy baked desserts with them, too. But, this time around I didn't feel like making our usual favorite baked peach treats - brandied peach cobbler or super delicious peach dumplings made with crescent rolls. So, I whipped up these super delicious Brown Sugar Baked Peaches for dessert instead.

Well, let me tell you these baked fresh peaches do not disappoint. -- Especially if you're looking for a lower-calorie sweet treat. One whole peach comes in at the range of 95-120 calories, which really is in the lower calorie range as far as desserts go. And the juicy peaches combine with brown sugar and cinnamon to deliver up amazing flavor in every bite. So good, you sure won't miss those calories!

Baked up soft and tender, and served warm, Brown Sugar Baked Peaches are one tasty comfort food summer dessert, for sure.

Warm peach, brown sugar, and cinnamon combine to deliver up fabulous flavor in every bite.

What's to Love About This Recipe?

• Just 4 ingredients - It takes just 4 simple ingredients to whip up a batch of Brown Sugar Baked Peaches. And hey, two of those ingredients are -- you guessed it, -- brown sugar and peaches.
• Easy - Simply split fresh peaches in half, fill the cavities with a bit of butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon, and bake. It's truly as easy as that.
• Low calorie sweet treat - Depending on the size of the peaches and amount of brown sugar you use, these come in at a range of 95-120 calories per peach. So, we'll just say you can have all this peach deliciousness for just about 100 calories per peach. Score!
• Fabulous flavor - Warm peach, brown sugar, and cinnamon combine to deliver up fabulous flavor in every bite.
• Great recipe for fresh peaches - Soft, juicy, and served up warm, Brown Sugar Baked Peaches are a great comfort food recipe for enjoying those fresh summer peaches.

Brown Sugar Baked Peaches Ingredients:

It takes only 4 ingredients to make these tasty Brown Sugar Baked Peaches. To whip up a batch, you'll need:

• Fresh peaches - The star of the dish! Choose freestone peaches, those for which the pit will easily separate from the fruit when cut in half, for this recipe. Freestone peaches create a nice hollow in the center when halved, working perfectly to hold the butter and brown sugar for baking. (Cling peaches, on the other hand, have fruit that does not fall away from the pit, making it difficult to cut them into nice halves to bake as described in this recipe.) Look for freestone peaches that are on the firmer side, rather than super soft, for the best and easiest result. Freestone peaches are available later in the peach season, typically mid-June to mid-August.

• Butter - A small bit of butter brings richness to the baked peaches, and combines with the peach juices and brown sugar to make a tasty "sauce" that bastes the peaches as they bake. We use unsalted butter, but salted works as well, if you prefer.

• Brown sugar - Brings nice sweetness to the finished baked peaches. 

• Cinnamon - A small sprinkling of ground cinnamon combines with the brown sugar and warm peaches to create fabulous flavor.

How to Make Brown Sugar Baked Peaches:

Whipping up a batch of Brown Sugar Baked Peaches truly couldn't be any easier.

All you do to pull these together is slice some fresh peaches in half, remove the pit, and place them in a baking dish with the cut side up. Then, in the hollow of each peach half, put 1/2 teaspoon of butter and 1 or 2 teaspoons of brown sugar. -- Choose the amount of brown sugar based on your sweetness preference.

Then give the peach halves a little sprinkling of ground cinnamon.

Pop the peaches in the oven and bake them up until the peaches are soft, tender, and juicy and the butter and brown sugar are all melty together.

Then serve these little beauties up warm straight from the oven.

For a little extra decadence, add a dollop of whipped cream or creme fraiche on the side. -- They're oh, so good.  And at just around 100 calories (even with the extra dollop if you use Cool Whip Lite), Brown Sugar Baked Peaches are a beautiful and delicious health(ier) sweet treat dessert!

You might also like these other tasty fruit desserts:

• Maple Baked Peaches
• Brandied Peach Cobbler
• Crescent Roll Peach Dumplings
• Fresh Peach Crisp
• Fresh Strawberry Yum Yum
• Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
• Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
• Fresh Strawberry Crisp
• Blueberry Crisp
• More dessert recipes

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Dessert

Southern

Yield: 4 peach halves

Author: Tracey | The Kitchen is My Playground

Brown Sugar Baked Peaches

Brown Sugar Baked Peaches make for a scrumptious -- and low-calorie -- sweet treat dessert. Baked up soft and tender, these peaches are so good you certainly won't miss the calories!

Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 35 Min

Ingredients

• 2 fresh (freestone) peaches
• 2 tsp. unsalted butter, divided
• 4 to 8 tsp. brown sugar, divided
• Sprinkling of ground cinnamon, to taste

Instructions

1. Halve peaches and remove pit. Place in baking dish, skin side down.
2. Place 1/2 teaspoon butter in the hollow of each peach. Then top each peach half with 1 or 2 teaspoons brown sugar, and sprinkle with cinnamon.
3. Bake at 375℉ until peaches are tender, about 30 minutes. Serve warm.

TRACEY'S NOTES:

1. Freestone peaches, those for which the pit will easily separate from the fruit when cut in half, work best for this recipe. Freestone peaches create a nice hollow in the center when halved, working perfectly to hold the butter and brown sugar for baking. (Cling peaches, on the other hand, have fruit that does not fall away from the pit, making it difficult to cut them into nice halves to bake as described in this recipe.) Look for freestone peaches that are on the firmer side, rather than super soft, for the best and easiest result.
2. Freestone peaches are available later in the peach season, typically mid-June to mid-August.
3. For a little extra decadence, add a dollop of whipped cream or creme fraiche on the side.

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