Peach Crisp Recipe
Peach Crisp is a favorite summer peach dessert. The peach juices bubbling under the crisp crumble topping are completely irresistible. It tastes like a Peach Pie but is easier to make since you don’t need a pie dough. Add a generous dollop of vanilla ice cream and it just doesn’t get any better!
The rolled oats and almonds in this Peach Crisp give the topping amazing texture – you’ll savor every crumb. It’s one of those recipes where there is (literally) no crumb left behind.
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Classic Peach Crisp
When peaches are in season, this peach crisp is on the regular rotation. Of course, we make Peach Preserves when we get a bumper crop of peaches, but this crisp is a very satisfying way to savor summer peaches.
We’ve made this peach crisp with peaches still warm from my parent’s peach tree and it was a true delight, but it also works well with store-bought peaches since baking brings out their juicy sweetness. Also, homemade peach crisp will make your kitchen smell wonderful.
Ingredients
- Sweet ripe peaches – locally grown, if available, are best but you can make peach crisp with frozen peaches if that is what you have on hand and enjoy this cozy dessert when the weather cools down.
- Lemon juice – keeps fruit from discoloring and balances sweetness.
- Sugar + flour – tossed with the fruit to sweeten and thicken the filling.
- Flour, sugar, salt, and butter – combined in a food processor to create a buttery crumbly topping.
- Oats and almonds – added just before baking for a nutty flavor and crunchy texture.
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Can I Substitute the Fruit?
This is the same topping we used for our Blueberry Crumble and juicy Cherry Crumble. It’s a keeper of a topping that we have loved for years and it works great over stone fruit and berries.
This recipe is versatile and you can use different stone fruit like apricots, nectarines, plums, or a combination of those. We also love adding pitted cherries or blueberries to the peach crisp mixture for a pop of flavor and color.
How to Blanch and Peel Peaches
Bring a pot of water to a rolling boil. Carefully add peaches to boiling hot water for one minute or just until skins peel off easily then immediately transfer them to cold water to stop the cooking process. Once peaches are cool enough to handle, the skins should peel off easily.
Pro Tip: Blanching peaches works best with ripe seasonal peaches. Underripe peaches are more difficult to peel and may require a longer blanching time in the water.
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How to Make Peach Crisp
Once you have your peaches peeled, the process of making a peach crisp couldn’t be easier! Once you have the topping down, you can master any fruit crisp recipe (p.s. with plums, or apricots, you can skip the blanching step).
- Blanch, peel and slice peaches
- Combine peaches with lemon juice, flour and sugar.
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How to Make Crumble Topping
- In a food processor, pulse together flour and both sugars and salt then add butter and pulse until pea-sized. Add oats and make large crumbles with fingertips. Stir in half of the almonds.
- Pour crumble topping over peaches, add remaining almonds and bake
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Pro Tip: When pulsing in the food processor, the mixture is done when the butter is in pea-sized pieces. You can also use a pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour mixture and make the cobbler topping without a food processor.
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How to Tell if Crisp is Done?
The peach crisp is ready when the topping is golden, nuts are toasted, and thick peach juices are bubbling at the edges. DO NOT BROIL which can burn the almonds on top.
To Serve Peach Crisp
Scoop Peach Crisp into bowls and serve with a side of vanilla ice cream in summer or with hot tea in winter. Leftovers are just as good warmed up the next day.
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Why is My Peach Crisp Runny?
- Too many peaches – if increasing peaches, make sure to increase the rest of the filling ingredients (flour, sugar, lemon juice) proportionally.
- Extra Juicy Peaches – Sometimes the peaches used are super juicy and need just a tad more flour. If you see the peaches releasing a ton of juice in the bowl, add another Tablespoon of flour.
- Let it Rest – The peach syrup will also thicken up more as it cools. Let it rest after it comes out of the oven.
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More Peach Recipes
- Fresh Peach Salsa – go-to summer salsa
- Country Peach Preserves – Mom’s Recipe is pectin free
- Summer Peach Cake – comes together fast
- Peach Cream Cheese Danish – shortcut dessert
- Peach Galette – with the easiest crust
- Grilled Pork Tenderloin – crowd pleaser
What is your favorite way to enjoy peaches? Let me know in a comment below. We are always looking for fun new ways to use up the sweet peaches from my parent’s tree. I hope this peach crisp recipe becomes a new favorite for you.
Peach Crisp Recipe
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Ingredients
Ingredients for the Filling:
- 2 1/2 lbs peaches (8 medium),, fresh or frozen*
- 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice, (omit if using frozen fruit)
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
Ingredients for the Topping:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/8 tsp sea salt
- 8 Tbsp 1 stick cold, unsalted butter, diced
- ½ cup old fashioned rolled oats or quick-cooking oats
- 1 cup sliced almonds, divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9×12 casserole baking dish.
- To Blanch Peaches: Place peaches in boiling hot water for one minute or just until skins come off easily then transfer immediately to cold water. Peel, pit and slice into 1/2″ thick pieces. Transfer to a large bowl and toss peaches with 2 Tbsp lemon juice.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9×12 casserole baking dish. In a small bowl, whisk together 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup flour and toss with the sliced fruit just until evenly coated. Pour into buttered baking dish.
- In a food processor** fitted with a steel blade, combine 1 cup flour, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/3 cup brown sugar, and 1/8 tsp (pinch) of salt. Pulse several times to combine. Add the diced cold butter and pulse until the butter is the size of peas.
- Transfer mixture to a bowl, add 1/2 cup oatmeal and use your hands to make large crumbles. Add ½ cup of the sliced almonds and mix to combine.
- Spread the topping evenly over the fruit and sprinkle the top with ½ cup of almonds. Bake 45 minutes at 350˚F or until top is golden and the fruit is bubbling at the edges.
Notes
**If you don’t have a food processor, you can use a whisk for the dry ingredients and a pastry blender/cutter to cut the butter into the dry ingredients.
This was really yummy, but I think next time I’ll omit the almonds and use a few pecans instead. It was just too many almonds by far. Otherwise it was very good.😋
Natasha, this recipe is a home run! I have made it twice for company using peaches and blueberries since they are so plentiful now.
I did use a sugar substitute and brown sugar blend substitute and it worked great. Needed to save a few calories but still getting a treat.
Congrats on new cookbook. I know it will be a bestseller!
Blessings.
Hi Jonnie! Thank you!
I appreciate the feedback. I’m glad you enjoyed the recipe.
Hi! Can this recipe be made ahead of time? Maybe prepare it ahead of time and than bake it when the time comes or any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you! 💕
Hi Rachel! I would bake it and reheat it the next day. This way the peaches won’t discolor and the top will crisp up better.
Delicious recipe! Added blueberries…just because…and it was amazing!!! Thanks for the recipe Natasha!!!
Hi, Tracie! I’m glad to hear that. Thank you for the wonderful review.
Used Bear Naked Granola (oats, almonds, honey) vs. rolled oats, almonds and some of the sugar. Turned out STELLAR!!!
So glad to hear that, Brian. Thank you for sharing that with us.
Thanks for this comment Brian.
I am not too much into rolled oats so I also used a mix of nuts, almonds etc and it turned out sublime.
Thank you for sharing the receipe Natasa !!!
Hello Natasha, I have plenty of peaches from the peach truck which came to our area! I love this recipe. Can I substitute the almonds with pecans??
Hi Pierre, I bet this will be so good from a fresh peach truck! I haven’t tested this with pecans, we prefer it with almonds, but if you happen to use that instead, I’d love to know how you like the recipe!
I forgot to mention in my review that I used pecans because that’s what I had and it was delicious!!!
I just made this recipes with fresh peaches from my backyard. I did cut all the ingredients in half and baked in a 8×8 dish. It was delicious. I will be making this again.
Hi Julie, good to know that you enjoyed this recipe and it’s great that you used fresh ingredients. That’s always so much better!
So yummy and tasty! This site has been a kitchen saver! And I love how we share the same name! 😀 Mine is just spelled different.
I LOVE your name 😀! I’m so happy you’re enjoying my recipes!
Hi Natasha, I love this recipe, I always use fresh ripe peaches, but now that the peach season is coming to an end, I was wondering if can I use can peaches, I don’t have frozen peaches!!
Thank your for your reply, Blessings!!
Hi Cristina, I haven’t tried this with canned peaches to advise on the outcome. If you happen to test that out, I’d love to know how you like it!
I really liked this Peach Crisp recipe. It’s easy to make and it tastes great! I didn’t have enough almonds, so I used walnuts instead and it came out wonderful! Thanks for sharing!
Hello Beth, great to hear that it turned out great! Thank you so much for sharing that with us.
This was a fantastic recipe! Had to hold myself back from eating the whole pan, LOL! Thank you for the delicious recipe. Great way to use fresh peaches.
Thanks for your awesome review and feedback, Amanda. So glad you enjoyed this recipe!
Can you just peel the peaches without boiling and blanching?
Hi Maureen, it is usually pretty difficult to peel them that way unless they are very ripe. If it’s easy enough to peel, then you can skip the blanching step. Blanching just makes it super easy to remove the skins.
Mine is in the oven. Can’t wait to try it!!
I bet your home smells so good! I hope you love it, Marta!
Yum – my family loves me for making this! Thanks for a great recipe!
You’re welcome, Melissa! Glad your family loved this recipe.
I will make the peach crisp when it is cooler ,looks delicious to hot to put the oven on thank you for the recipes
I hope you love it, Theresa!
Would LOVE to see more blooper videos! Thanks Natasha I love all of your recipes!
Aww, thank you, Tiana! I’m so glad you’re enjoying my videos!
Would it be ok of instead of all purpose flour I use almond flour instead?
Hi Maria, I honestly haven’t tried that yet to advise. If you do an experiment, please share with us how it goes.
Peach crisp is my hubby’s favorite! We made it for Father’s Day & it was delicious!! One perk to having a peach tree, is yummy desserts all the time!
Always a hit in our home! So glad to hear you’re enjoying it also, Kristyn!
Yummy! My husband and son are so excited to try this recipe! So excited to make this soon!
That’s so great! I hope you all love this recipe!
I made this crisp as 4th of July dessert. The food processor made it easy to make the topping but I used it too long and the butter was no longer pea size. Regardless, this dessert made not-so good yellow peaches turn into a wonderful treat 💛
I’m so glad it turned into a wonderful treat for the holiday! I hope you had the best time celebrating yesterday!
can this be done with a crock pot
Hi Joni, I haven’t tested that through so I won’t be able to provide any specific instructions on it. If you test it out in a crock pot or slow cooker, please let me know how it goes.
Can I use another fruit like apple instead of peaches?
Hi Kurlina, I imagine that should work too. I also saw others commented that they used apples and it was lovely!
Hello, I made peach crumble or crisp before but it doesn’t melt all the way or build a crispy topping when I baked it but I done it without oats before n it turn out great but I why not this time it did it work of it having dry pieces of flour that not crispy.
Hi Angelina, make sure you blend the butter into the mixture enough. That is the usual culprit if your topping seems dry and floury. Also, when measuring your flour, make sure to spoon it into the measuring cup and then scrape off the top, other-wise you compact the flour and end up with too much.
can i use walnuts or macadamia instead of almonds?
Hi Kyle, I haven’t tried that yet but please let us know how it goes if you do an experiment.
This is delicious:) I also added a layer of the crumble on the bottom and pat it down with a spatula and it turned out great! Thanks for the recipes:)
You are so welcome, Karina. I’m so glad you loved it!
That is genius! The topping is so wonderful that people ask me to double it. What a great fix, put it on the bottom!
Am preparing the crisp tonight with blueberries and will try the packed bottom, adding extra blueberries. Amazing recipe
Hi Tina! Sounds wonderful! Thank you for the review. 🙂
Can the peach crumble be frozen?
Enjoy your week off
Hi Dee, To be honest, I haven’t tried to freeze the filling so I’m not sure. If you try it, let me know.
Hi…I now this is late from your original post..but I was planning to have company for BBQ thought it would be the perfect dessert, just as I finished putting the filling together the phone rang and we rescheduled. I put the filling in the freezer and yesterday I thawed it and spread it in the pan, put the crumble on top and it turned out amazing!
Hi JoAnna, good to hear that it turned out great! Thanks for sharing and I hope you’ll love all the other recipes that you will try.
Can’t wait to try this!! You are such a beautiful and good cook! Keep the recipes coming.
You’re so nice! Thank you for that wonderful compliment!
Can’t wait to try this!! You are such a beautiful and good cook!
Thank you, Angie. I hope you enjoy this!
Huge fan of your all recipes. They are so easy to make and so delicious to eat. Regularly follow all your recipes. God bless you. Keep up the good work done.
Thank you so much for trusting my recipes and for supporting us. May you love all the recipes that you will try!
All look’s delicious
I hope you love this recipe Rose!
Can the recipe be doubled into a 9×13 pan?
Hi Traci, I haven’t tested that to advise but I bet that could work!
if i don’t use the almonds would i have to add more rolled oats to make up the difference?
You can omit them. The top wouldn’t be as pretty as with the almonds, but we’ve forgotten the almonds before and it still tastes great
Hey, delicious with SC peaches except I chopped all “topping” ingredients before I realized separate steps. Probably for the best since husband not a fan of chucks of almonds!
Really enjoy your Fb watch videos!!
I’m so glad you’re enjoying our videos laura! Thank you for that wonderful feedback!
If I’m using frozen peaches, how many ounces I would need for this recipe? 16 oz will be enough you think?
Hi Natasha, I would do at least 16 oz of frozen peaches.
I used Crisp apples and it worked fine! I added an extra TBS of lemon juice. It wasn’t too dry, but small pats of butter on the apples would have given it a little more juice. The almonds gave it the extra crisp I like. Excellent recipe!
Thanks for sharing some tips with us! That is really helpful.
I added cinnamon to the peaches and topping. I used half brown sugar and white sugar in the peaches. Turned out heavenly
Thank you so much for sharing that with me Jenny! I’m so glad you enjoyed that.
Hi. I have a question… can I prepare everything and assemble and then put it in the fridge and bake it the next day? Or is it better to go ahead and bake it and just reheat it the next day? I wanna make this for a gathering and just wanna know how I should do it. Thanks in advance
Hi Alena, I would bake it and reheat it the next day. This way the peaches won’t discolor and the top will crisp up better.
Hi Natasha! Best Peach Crisp recipe ever! However the peaches we get here in San Diego aren’t very sweet. They were very ripe but not sweet. I may have to use canned peaches next time. I also added a pinch of Cinnamon & Allspice, and sprinkled the topping with a Cinnamon/Sugar mixture. It was yummy!
I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe, Steve!!Thank you for the great review!
Thanks Natasha! I look forward to trying more of your recipes! Especially the Salmon recipes for our company from Oregon next month. I hope you received my request for the recipe of something I only caught part of on your video.
Hi Steve! I hope you love everything you try! I will reply to your email but just in case, here is the link for the creamy shrimp pasta. I hope you love it!
Thanks so much Natasha, I look forward to trying it, it sounds delish! I am wondering though, if one sees an interesting dish on the video playing on the right of the screen, how do you find those recipes? I’m interested in the tarts you make with puff pastry, cream cheese mixture and fruit on top and topped with glaze? Thank you!
Hi Steve! If you are watching on youtube you should see all of the details and links to full recipes underneath the video 🙂 Please let me know if you have trouble finding it!
Delicious! Best peach crisp we ever had and we had it with vanilla ice cream on top. Wouldn’t change a thing in this recipe. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this wonderful review, Patty!!
Just the right amount of sweetness!! My family loved it slightly cooled off, maybe 10-15 min out of the oven was perfect but we did not have ice cream so that may be why. And leftovers were popular the next morning, super delicous way to enjoy peaches 😉
Don’t skip the ice cream next time! It is the perfect combination! I’m so glad you enjoyed this, Nadia! Thank you for the wonderful review!
We tried this just after you posted it and it was sure good! Nothing like baked peaches under that crisp topping. I’ll be making this again before all our peaches are gone!
Now you have me craving this all over again! Did you try it with ice cream?
We did -Loved it with and without ice cream. Thanks again!
That’s so great!
Sorry, forgot something. I would skip the white sugar in the topping and sprinkle it on to the peaches before adding the topping.
Thank you Bill! 🙂
If you want to skip the food processor, and cutting in the cold butter, in crisps like this, I just melt the butter and mix into the other topping ingredients. Works just as well.
I haven’t tried that yet but it sounds interesting! Thank you for sharing that with me Bill!
Another great recipe Natasha!! I am making this for sure.
That makes me so happy, Sheenamm! Thank you for your feedback!! 🙂
Hi Natasha,
Do you have any pear recipes?
Hi Olya! We have a few smoothie or salad recipes that include pears 🙂
Made it with more oats and it was great! Another question- could I make just the filling and freeze it?
Adding more oats is a great idea! 🙂 To be honest, I haven’t tried to freeze the filling so I’m not sure. If you try it, let me know. I definitely would wait to place the topping on until you are ready to bake it.
Would I be able to leave the almonds out and just use more oats? Thank you!
You sure could. The top wouldn’t be as pretty as with the almonds, but we’ve forgotten the almonds before and it still tastes great 🙂
Hey wat will happen if I use the old fashioned Quacker Oats instead of the quick Quacker Oats.
Yes, that should still work fine :). One of my friends tried it with steel cut oats and had good results so it doesn’t have to be just the quick cooking oats.
Do you think this will turn out as good if I use fresh white peaches? Also, if I don’t have a food processor can I do it in my KitchenAid?
Ripe white peaches should work fine. I’d recommend using a pastry cutter or maybe even mashing the butter in with a fork. A KitchenAid mixer probably won’t give you the crumbly consistency you are looking for with this topping. You want to cut the butter into the flour where a mixer will just blend it in.
yummm:)
How long can you keep this in the refrigerator?
It’s best fresh because I love the topping to be a little crisp but it would be ok for a couple days in the fridge.
Can you use apples instead for this recipe?
I haven’t made this with apples but that sounds like a great idea. I would probably double the lemon juice and it probably couldn’t hurt to add a couple dabs of butter over the top of the apples to get them a little juicier so the whole thing won’t end up dry. Let me know how it works out. Now I want to try this with apples! 🙂
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