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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
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
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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*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,
Approximately how many cups are the peaches? I have some frozen peaches I want to use!
About 9 cups of peaches!
I doubled the recipe and made it in 2 dishes. My peaches were straight off the tree and I wasn’t sure if they would be sweet enough but I stuck to the recipe-my lemon juice was freshly squeezed. I had to bake it about 15 minutes longer than stated in order to brown the top a bit. It tastes heavenly- just the right level of sweetness and perfect texture. I will definitely make this again.
We made this with fresh Colorado peaches today. The pan of crisp disappeared at our family gathering. Thank you for a delicious recipe!
Simple, easy to follow and delicious. My granddaughter is learning to bake and she made this herself! (With supervision) We are canning peaches together this week and then we will try the cobbler.
Made this last night for my family and they did nothing but rave about how great the flavor and the crunch was. I’ll be definitely making this recipe again. I did learn however that a good quality ripe peach from the market will do just as well as the ones at used. In my state the coveted Red Haven peach is what we wait all summer for. The quantities are very limited but I used my stash in this recipe. Don’t get me wrong, it’s the bomb, but I’ll be saving the RH for slicing and eating plain.!
I made this for the first time a few days ago. It was gone that night(I have two teenage boys and a husband). It is delicious. My boys asked me to make a double batch next time, so I did yesterday. It is really easy to make and tastes delicious with peaches from our tree!
Just took this from oven, smells wonderful. My Mom died at 64 yrs. but I remember canning peaches with her and getting skins off when I was young. She used this method, but I had no recall of how she did this. Thanks for hint❤️ I see it’s freezer friendly, can I freeze it raw? Do you thaw it before baking? I freeze apple crisp raw all made up in tin foil pans and pop in oven frozen. Just tried it, so super delicious!
First time making a peach crisp –this recipe was delicious!
Made this last night. It was very good even without ice cream. Used a bit less sugar in the filling and gave it a few more minutes in the oven. Great healthier alternative for peach pie!
Made this recipe exactly the way it was written, peaches were fresh off the tree, and it was amazingly easy and turned out perfectly! The flavour was amazing. Peaches remained firm with just the right amount of delicious syrup to make any mouth water mmmmm will be making this again and again ty ty ❤️❤️