Poached Peaches with Cream Cheese Filling

Name: Poached Peaches with Cream Cheese Filling
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings.
Ingredients: 4 cups water; 1 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 medium peaches; 3 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese; 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar; 2 tablespoons miniature semisweet chocolate chips; 1 tablespoon orange juice; Additional ground cinnamon

Chocolate chips and confectioners’ sugar add to the natural sweetness of these perfectly poached peaches. —Greg Fontenot, The Woodlands, Texas

Ingredients

4 cups water
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 medium peaches
3 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons miniature semisweet chocolate chips
1 tablespoon orange juice
Additional ground cinnamon

Directions

In a large saucepan, combine the water, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon; add peaches. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until peaches are tender. Remove peaches with a slotted spoon; cool to room temperature. Discard cooking liquid. Halve, pit and peel peaches; refrigerate until chilled.
In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, chocolate chips and orange juice until blended. Pipe or spoon into peach halves. Sprinkle with additional cinnamon.

Nutrition Facts

1 each: 135 calories, 6g fat (4g saturated fat), 15mg cholesterol, 91mg sodium, 18g carbohydrate (17g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat, 1/2 fruit.

Originally published as Poached Peach with Cream Cheese and Chocolate Chip Filling in Healthy Cooking August/September 2010

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Apsara

Dec 5, 2011

Simply lovely..I used pack ham pears ( green pears popular in AUstralia. Used cinnamon and ginger to poach and kept the tops as little hats. Very nice wow factor.thanks
Redsouth

Aug 26, 2011

How can you call this a diabetic recipe with all the sugar in it? 1 cup of sugar for 2 peaches!
oakcreekdon

Aug 10, 2010

Great Next time I will peel the peaches and return to pot and simmer longer to give a sweeter better flavor to the peaches
Annie58

Jul 28, 2010

I'm sure that some tasters will love this dish. The flavors are very good. I just didn't like the texture of the peach. So even though I give the peach a "fair" rating, I give the cream cheese filling an "excellent" rating! Put it between a couple of graham crackers and YUM!