Fresh Peach Sweet Tea (With Sugar Free Option)

Refreshing & Delicious!

Ingredients: 

2 cups of peeled & chopped fresh ripe peaches

8 cups water

1 cup honey, sugar or Lakanto Baking sweetener**

4 black tea bags

7 peach slices (optional garnish)

Method:

Combine the peaches and 1 1/2  cups on the water in a medium sauce pan. Bring to a slow boil and simmer until until the peaches are very soft. Cover and turn off the heat. Let sit for 20 minutes. Carefully pour into a blender container and puree. Set aside.

 Add the honey, (sugar or sweetener) and 1 cup of the water to the saucepan. Heat and stir until the honey is dissolved. Set aside.

Bring the remaining water to a boil. Remove from the heat and add the tea bags.  Allow to steep for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove the tea bags and allow the tea to cool.

Add the peach puree, dissolved honey and cooled to a pitcher. Stir well to mix and serve over ice. Makes 7 servings.

**For the sugar free option, you may use the sweetener of your choice. I like the Lakanto Monk fruit Baking sweetener because of it's finer texture and because it doesn't have an unpleasant aftertaste. If I don't have the baking sweetener in my pantry, I put the Classic Monk fruit sweetener in a food processor to create the finer texture.

Lakanto Classic, Golden & Powdered Sweeteners can be found at some Walmarts and grocery stores as well as Whole Foods, Costco and Sprouts. They also can be found online. (I stock up on the sweeteners when they are on sale, so that I always have them on hand.)

Notes: I created this recipe for my father-in-law. because he enjoys flavored teas and can only eat a diet of soft foods. This tea is delicious and the pureed peaches add flavor plus nutrition. He loved it and so did my husband and neighbors!