This easy Peach Crisp recipe is simple, elegant and delicious. Fresh peaches in a simple syrup, topped with cinnamon oat crumble and baked. Serve warm, with vanilla ice cream.
Looking for more desserts? Try my Triple Berry Crisp, Sweet Chex Mix, Blackberry Cobbler, S'mores Bars, or Key Lime Pie!
Why I love this recipe:
- Simple – Only takes 20 minutes and is sure to impress any guest.
- Delicious – This is the dessert of summer! What more can you ask for than fresh, sweet peaches topped with a cinnamon oat crumble and a scoop of ice cream.
- Cinnamon Oat Topping – The cinnamon oat crumble topping really makes this dessert irresistible! The flavor and the crunch it adds compliment the peaches perfectly.
How to Make Peach Crisp:
Prepare Peaches: Peel peaches, then slice into about 3/4″ thick slices and place the peaches in a colander, resting over a bowl. Add sugar, stir gently, and let them rest for about 20 minutes to allow the sugar to pull some of the juices from the fresh peaches. You should end up with at least ¼ cup of peach juice dripped into the bowl.
Coat Peaches: After reserving some of the peach juice, add flour, lemon juice, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon to the juice, and pour the mixture over the fresh peaches, tossing to gently coat them.
Make Crumb Topping: Meanwhile, make the crumb topping by combining the oats, flour, baking powder, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and butter.
Assemble: Pour the peaches into a baking dish and sprinkle the crumb topping over them.
Bake: Place dish in the oven at 375°F and bake for 30-35 minutes, until the peach crisp topping is golden brown. Serve warm, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Pro Tips:
- Don't miss my post for How to Easily Peel Peaches!
- How to Tell if a Peach is Ripe: Gently squeeze the peach with your fingers, and it should have a very slight tenderness to the touch, and a nice peachy smell. You may notice the skin at the stem start to wrinkle when the peach is ripe.
- How to Ripen Hard Peaches: Use a brown paper bag to help ripen peaches quickly. Place peaches in the paper bag and leave at room temperature for about 1 day or until desired ripeness is achieved. If you want them to ripen even faster, add a banana to the bag.
Recipe Variations:
Add Blueberries or Blackberries: Feel free to add a handful of fresh blueberries or blackberries to the peach mix before adding the oat topping.
Frozen Peaches: Allow the peaches to thaw and pour the excess liquid into a bowl. Place thawed peaches over the bowl, and continue with recipe as written.
Canned Peaches: To use Canned Peaches for this recipe, skip the first 3 steps in the recipe card. Make the crumble topping, and use juice from the canned peaches to make the sauce in step 8.
Gluten Free Peach Crisp: Replace flour in the oat topping with almond meal or almond flour. Use 1 Tablespoon of cornstarch in the peach filling, instead of flour.
Make Ahead and Freezing Instructions:
To Make Ahead: The peaches and syrup and the oat topping can both be made up to a day in advance, stored separately in the fridge.
To Freeze: Allow baked peach crisp to cool completely, then wrap tightly in plastic wrap, then aluminum foil. Freeze for up to 2 months. Let thaw completely overnight in the fridge then warm in the oven at 350°F for 20-25 minutes, or until heated through. Assembled, unbaked Peach Crisp may also be frozen.
More Peach Recipes:
- How to Can Peaches
- Peach Chutney
- Peach Jam
- Peach Pie
- Peach Scones
- Baked Peaches
- Peach Cobbler
- Peach Blackberry Tart
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Recipe
Peach Crisp
Ingredients
For the crumb topping
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- dash of ground nutmeg
- dash of salt
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter ,cold, diced into small chunks
For the Peach filling
- 3 1/2 pounds fresh peaches (about 6-8) peeled, cored and sliced about 3/4in thick
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- dash of salt
- dash of cinnamon
Instructions
- Peel Peaches and slice into ¾ inch thick slices. Add the sliced peaches to a medium size bowl. Add ¼ cup sugar and toss to coat. Allow peaches to sit for about 20 minutes, to allow the sugar to pull some of the juice out of them.
- To make crumble topping, add all topping ingredients to a bowl. Use a pastry blender or fork to cut in butter until mixture resembles small crumbs. Refrigerate.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Drain the peaches, reserving the peach juice, and placing the peaches in a large bowl.
- Measure out ¼ cup of the peach juice and add it to a small bowl (you can discard the rest, or drink it because it's delicious!). Stir in the flour, lemon juice, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon. Pour mixture over peaches and toss to combine.
- Pour peaches into a 8×8'' or similar size dish. Sprinkle oat topping evenly over the top. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown and top is set.
- Remove from oven and cool for at least 10 minutes before serving. Serve with vanilla ice cream, if desired.
Notes
Nutrition
*I originally shared this recipe in July 2015. Updated July 2018 and July 2022.
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I just made this and it was awesome!! We topped ours with French Vanilla ice cream and wow!! This is a keeper for next summer!! Thank you,
I made this today for a hot summer dessert. I was using canned peaches, and I admit, I had a little trouble following the recipe. It said to skip to step 3 and use the juice in step 8. (There were only 7 steps.) I think I managed to figure it out, and I ended up adding sugar to the peaches after separating the peaches from the juice. The recipe turned out great, and I served with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream, but both my husband and I agree that we prefer the peach cobbler.
Late summer peaches are the best and this is the perfect way to eat them! So easy to make and delicious with a heaping scoop of ice cream of course!
Delicious! The ratio of peaches to crisp is perfect. We took this lovely crisp to our adult kids to share. They loved it so much I left the pan with them and they were going to share it with their friends at their NFL draft party.
Now I just need more peaches because my husband was disappointed we didn’t bring it back home with us. 😄
Thanks for another easy, delicious recipe!
Very good! I am trying to watch our sugar intake, so I cut down on the sugar. I drizzled vanilla greek yogurt over it while it was still warm. It was so yummy. Easy recipe.
I have made apple crisp and rhubarb crisp often but this was my first experience with peach crisp. It was great! I did as written but next time I will try orange juice instead of lemon because I love orange juice with peaches. I slightly prefer peach cobbler over peach crisp but both are wonderful,
So delicious! One thing I love about your desserts is how they are not overly sweet. We are from the deep south and all of our desserts tend to be very sweet. This peach crisp was so delicious. It gave you a dessert while still giving you the full flavor of peaches. It was devoured at our house.
This is an outrageous crisp! I used peaches from a local orchard, just picked today. But it would be equally delicious with any peaches. Give it a try!
This was just what I expected in a crisp. I used a GF flour and it turned out great. I could have eaten the whole pan by myself. Such restraint!
Camping in Maine. Got some peaches and made a gluten free crisp in a camping skillet. Turned out great. Loved by kids and adults.
I love peaches. My local grocery store had an amazing sale on the best peaches so I decided to give this recipe a try. It did not disappoint. So sweet and peachy. My husband isn’t a huge peach fan but he ate this up.