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,
Why is there baking powder in the crumb topping?
Baking Powder helps it to “puff up” and have a little more texture.
I just finished making this and it was all I could ask for with a scoop of old fashioned vanilla ice cream. I will be making this again!
Happy to hear it! 🙂
I didn’t have enough peaches so I added some fresh blueberries and it turned out awesome! Plus I made it gluten free using flour and oats and it was excellent
Great recipe!
So delicious…so easy.
I ate way too much…..and loved every delicious bite!!
I added a handful of slightly broken pecans to the peaches that my tastebuds sing!!!
PLUS!….a nice scoop of fresh whipped cream on top was OVER THE TOP GOOD!!!
This is one recipe that will always be in my top 5 favorites.
Thanks!
Thank you so much! The addition of pecans sounds delicious. I’m so happy you liked the recipe!
Made this last night for 12 guests and EVERYONE LOVED IT! I followed the recipe exactly – but since I was serving a larger group, I used 9 peaches, added about 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup raspberries, doubled the crumb topping and baked in a 9×13″ dish. I’ve been making crips for years and this is the best recipe by far. I will be making this recipe from now on! Thanks for sharing this with us!
Thanks for sharing Bridget! I love your addition of berries!
I couldn’t get the top to “crisp” up. I think I used too much flour cuz a lot of it seeped into the peaches, making it taste more like a cobbler with some bites.. I cooked it over 45 minutes and still some of the topping didn’t look cooked. It tasted good, though. Just not as pretty as I had wanted it to look. I made it in a 9 x 13 pan… perhaps it would have been better in a smaller pan where it would have been thicker? I’ll try it again because I have a lot of peaches!
Hi Linda, my best guess is that the crumb topping didn’t get mixed well enough. The butter needs to be “cut in” to the topping really well, so much that there is no dry bits of flour at all. The butter is what helps to crisp and brown the topping.
Are leftovers stored in fridge or can you just cover and leave out?
Store covered, in the fridge 🙂
Wait…you had leftovers?! ? Please share THAT super-human trick with us! There’s no way I’m going to be able to resist eating this whole pan – hmmm, maybe not in one sitting?! ?: there are three meals + snacks in the day at which one can choose to eat this peach crisp in lieu of all foods NOT this yummy peach crisp! ?
Just made this tonight with some yummy peaches from Costco recipe worked out great, The pictures with the blanching to remove the skin were super helpful. It turned out delicious – this is a keeper
This recipe is a game changer! Tonight I made my best peach crisp in all my 42 years of being married. The tweak of adding sugar directly to the peaches, to produce juice that can then be mixed with flour to thicken that juice during baking, made me want to eat the entire pan in one sitting. I did resist. It gives us some for tomorrow.
My daughter and I made this last week and it was delish! The best recipe hands down I’ve ever had. They were so good that my daughter even went back to South Carolina for the same orchard peaches this weekend! Thanks so much!