Roasting peaches brings out their natural sweetness and are delicious paired with ice cream, yogurt, sweetened ricotta or mascarpone cream. Maple Roasted Peaches are a perfect and easy way to end a summer's evening meal!
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and lightly butter the bottom of a 9 inch baking dish.
Cut peaches in half, remove the pit and place the peach halves cut side up on a buttered baking dish.
In a small bowl whisk together the maple syrup and cinnamon. Drizzle the mixture over the peach halves.
Bake for 30 minutes until soft. turn on the broiler during the last 2 minutes of baking for a golden color.
Let cool slightly before serving. At this point, if you wish, you can easily peel off the skin before serving.
Notes
Be sure to only use ripe peaches.
Enjoy as is or top the roasted peaches with: vanilla yogurt; sweetened whipped ricotta or mascarpone cheese; topped with toasted slivered almonds; topped with crumbled amaretti cookies; or peel and serve over yogurt pancakes or yeasted waffles for breakfast
This recipe works well with plums as well.
Use honey in place of maple syrup if you prefer.
For an adults only version of this recipe add a tbsp or two of liqueur such as rum or bourbon to the maple syrup mixture.