Great Ideas for Enjoying Stone Fruits

Fruit Desserts
Most all stone fruits are great for fruit desserts. Cobblers, crisps, crumbles, crunches, brown bettys and grunts are among America's simplest and best-loved fruit desserts. All are essentially sweetened baked fruit with a crumbly or biscuit-like topping.

Pies & Tarts
Pies are a true summer favorite, especially made with stone fruits such as peaches and cherries. Cherries, peaches, apricots and plums are also great candidates for tarts and tart fillings.

Preserving
Jams, jellies and compotes can be made with any combination or individual uses of plums, peaches, cherries and apricots.

Poaching
An easy and quick method to preserve ripe fruit is by poaching. Poached fruits are wonderful over ice cream, pancakes or just eaten alone.

Grilling
Grilled fruits are becoming more popular especially for summer outings. Fruits cook quickly on the grill and seldom take longer than a few minutes to slightly soften. Grilled fruits can be eaten as is or served atop ice cream.