Now, one of the challenges with making T's food is that I haven't actually ever eaten or prepared a lot of the things we're having her try. Peaches fall under that category. I knew they had a pit in them, and that stone fruits are in season. But I don't have a clue on how to pick out the ripe ones, how to cut them, or how to efficiently skin them. These are the things I stumbled through while preparing, but if you know of better ways, I encourage you to follow your own instincts!
I started with 6 pears and 6 peaches. Pears are ripe when the place where the neck connects with the bulb is soft. Peaches....well....I just squished a bunch until I found soft ones. The peaches I selected were pretty soft, but that's fine for baby food. When cutting up pears, I create 4 sections, then cut out the core, then use my knife to peel back the skin. Peaches were pretty easy, especially the soft ones. I cut it in 4 (around the pit) then used the knife to start peeling back the skin. In about half the cases I was able to just use my fingers to peel the skin off. Otherwise I kind of hacked away with the knife to get the rest of the skin off.
I tossed everything into my crock pot on high for about 3 hours, then set it in the fridge to cool overnight. The next day after work I pureed it all in my handy-dandy Baby Bullet and froze it into cubes. I didn't need to add any additional liquid other than what was in the crock-pot. The consistency was pretty thin.
Notes: The mixture is pretty runny, so I add about 1T of baby oatmeal before heating. You may need to add more to thicken it up.
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