The holiday season is a time to spend with family and friends. The feeling of being back at home with the smell grandmother’s peach pie baking in the over or fresh cookies to put out for Santa are what makes a holiday party special. There is nothing quite like the comfort foods that you know and love to make your time together with family and friends extra special. Bring the magic of down-home to your holiday party with classic treats, snacks, and recipes from Pearson Farms.
Gift Ideas from Pearson Farms
Pearson Farms is a family-owned and operated farm in Crawford County, Georgia. For five generations the Pearson family has grown and harvested peach trees, expanding into pecans as the years passed. They continue to expand their farm and their business into providing comfort food like peach cake and candied pecans to people all across the country. After 130 years of growing, they now offer a plethora of down-home, classic treats, snacks, and recipes that will make your next holiday party one to remember.
Pearson Farm delivers fresh peaches, candied pecans, and several other goods right to your front door step. They are some delicious items that will make your next holiday gathering special:
- Their pecan pie is a great addition to your family holiday meal.
- Their peach cake or cinnamon crumble cake is a perfect breakfast for your holiday guests.
- Santa will love their pecan snickerdoodle or pecan oatmeal cookies!
If you are looking for a gift for a coworker, boss, or stocking stuffers for family, Pearson Farm also offers gift sets like:
- Pecan Extravaganza Gift Boxes
- Pure Chocolate Pecan Halves or Clusters
- Baker’s Best Pecans
- Peach Preserves (amazing with their peach cake or cinnamon crumble cake!)
- Fresh boxed peaches
One of Pearson Farm’s most beloved gifts- whether it be for a hostess or a stocking stuffer- is their Champagne Pecans. These pecans are roasted with real champagne and are perfect for the holiday season. They can be packaged in a number of ways to make it perfect for the recipient:
- 80z bags
- 1lb bags
- 14oz gift tin
- 32oz gift tin
- Paired with another signature flavor in a two-way gift tin
Down-Home Recipes from Pearson Farm
There are two types of crops that Pearson Farm specializes in: peaches and pecans. Although are neither traditionally thought of as holiday foods on their own, these classic comfort foods can be used to put a unique twist on treats for your next holiday party.
Georgia Peach Cobbler
Ingredients
- 8 cups of sliced Pearson Georgia Peaches
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine
- pastry for double-crust pie
- vanilla ice cream
Directions
Combine peaches, sugar, flour and nutmeg in a Dutch oven; set aside to allow syrup to form (approx. 15 minutes). Bring peach mixture to a boil: reduce heat to low, and simmer 10 minutes or until peaches are tender. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and margarine.
Roll half of pastry to 1/8” thickness: cut into a circle to fit a two-quart baking dish. Spoon half of mixture into lightly buttered baking dish; top with pastry. Bake at 475°F for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Spoon remaining peach mixture over baked pastry.
Roll remaining pastry to 1/8” thickness and cut into 1” strips; arrange in lattice design over peaches. Bake an additional 15-20 minutes until browned.
Allow to cool slightly before serving. Serve with vanilla ice cream.
Santa’s Favorite Cookies- Butter Pecan
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 egg
- 2/3 cup of brown sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 tsp of salt
- 1/2 cup Elliot halved pecans from Pearson Farm
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream together butter, sugar, and the egg. Slowly add the flour and salt.
Once mixed well, cover and refrigerate dough for at least one hour.
Roll dough into balls and place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Using the back of a spoon, press down on the tops of the balls. Place 1 Pearson Farm Elliot Halved Pecan on the top.
Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown. Add caramel drizzle if desired. Serve to Santa with a warm glass of milk!
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Holiday parties are a time to get together with family and friends, and enjoy the things that are most important in life. Traditional comfort foods bring people together, and Pearson Farm can help you to do that by providing treats and snacks for gifts, and delicious recipes with their fresh peaches and pecans for your next holiday party.
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