The Good Peach Crisp – Sally’s Baking Habit


Showcasing candy and juicy peaches effervescent beneath a toasted pecan oat streusel, peach crisp takes lower than half the effort and time required for conventional peach pie. Served heat with chilly vanilla ice cream, summer season dessert doesn’t get significantly better than this!

peach pecan crisp in white round baking dish with 3 vanilla ice cream scoops on top.

This peach crisp combines a mountain of juicy summer season peaches underneath candy and crumbly oat streusels. It additionally requires a mountain of willpower to not eat your entire pan. Belief me, I’ve made this a minimum of 3x every summer season since 2015 and there’s by no means any leftovers. It’s the *greatest* peach dessert. (Sorry, peach pie.)

One reader, Tammy, commented: “This needs to be one of the best peach crisp recipe I’ve ever made or had. We completely cherished it. It was easy and I had all of the substances readily available. Was a good way to make use of up the remainder of our beautiful, recent Georgia peaches. This recipe goes in my private cookbook to make time and again. ★★★★★

Right here’s Why You’ll Love This Peach Crisp

  • Showcase Contemporary Peaches: That is the right recipe for peaches to shine throughout peak season.
  • Simpler Than Pie: I completely adore peach pie, however there’s little question that selfmade pie is a labor of affection. Generally we want a crowd-pleasing dessert that’s simpler, however simply as seasonal and spectacular. On this peach crisp, you’re swapping pie crust for a straightforward oat pecan streusel topping.
  • Great Mixture of Textures: Thick, smooth, juicy peach filling + crispy, nutty, toasted topping.
  • Stuffed with Taste: Whereas the peaches steal the highlight, they’re enhanced by a supporting solid of brown sugar, pecans, cinnamon, lemon, and vanilla—which work collectively to ship a caramelized taste you’ll love.
  • No Eggs: One other egg-free baking recipe.
  • No Ready: You don’t have to attend for something to come back to room temperature, chill, or cool! This can be a crowd-pleasing dessert you may prep, bake, and serve in about an hour.
peach crisp with vanilla ice cream on blue floral plate.

Fruit crisps, akin to this strawberry vanilla crisp and my apple crisp, are the indeniable champions of fruit desserts as they solely require a baking dish, fruit, and streusel. And so they have a lot texture in every heat chew. No must soiled your rolling pin!

Not a fan of an oat topping? You’ll love this fan-favorite peach cobbler as a substitute.


Elements to Use & Why

  1. Contemporary Peaches: You want about 2 to 2 1/2 kilos of peaches, or about 6 medium-size peaches, lower into slices. Peeling them is elective. See under for info on one of the best peaches to make use of.
  2. Flour: All-purpose is greatest right here. You’ll use flour in each the filling and the topping.
  3. Sugar: You want granulated sugar for the filling and brown sugar for the topping.
  4. Salt: For its flavor-enhancing superpowers.
  5. Lemon Juice: The filling tastes a bit of flat with out it.
  6. Vanilla Extract: I like utilizing vanilla on this strawberry vanilla crisp, and it’s nice on this recipe too.
  7. Cinnamon: Heat cinnamon spice and peach desserts go hand-in-hand.
  8. Butter: To forestall it from melting too quickly and dropping texture, use very chilly butter. This can give the topping that unbelievable crumbly texture, when the items of chilly butter hit the recent oven and soften everywhere in the peach crisp. I take the butter out of the fridge, lower it into cubes, after which place the cubed butter within the freezer for about 10–quarter-hour earlier than I would like it.
  9. Oats: Entire rolled oats are greatest on this crisp topping, however fast oats work too.
  10. Pecans: Chop up some unsalted pecans for the topping. You may go away them out for a nut-free dessert.
  11. Vanilla Ice Cream (for Serving): Elective, however strongly inspired! The way in which the ice cream begins melting when it hits that heat peach crisp is nearly probably the most mouthwatering dessert expertise I can consider!
ingredients on marble counter including peaches, oats, flour, butter, lemon pecans, and sugar.

Need to degree up your peach crisp? Strive my brown butter blueberry peach skillet crisp.

Making Peach Crisp Is as Simple as 1, 2, 3

  1. Mix filling substances, and unfold in a frivolously greased baking dish. You should use just about any 9-inch or 2–2.5-quart baking dish, akin to a deep-dish 9-inch pie dish, 10-inch forged iron skillet, or a 9-inch sq. baking pan. This can be a smaller dimension pan than the one wanted for this apple crisp.
  2. Mix topping substances. Whisk collectively the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt, then use a pastry cutter or forks to work the chilly cubed butter into the dry substances, breaking it down into pea-sized items. The combination ought to be crumbly. Stir the oats and chopped pecans into the topping combination *after* you narrow within the butter. You don’t need them to interrupt down an excessive amount of. This is identical means we make the topping for bourbon cherry crisp. Sprinkle the topping everywhere in the filling. After which…
  3. BAKE. That’s it! The peaches launch their juices, the juices bubble up, the topping turns into crunchy and toasted. And also you don’t even have to attend for it to chill down, as a result of you may dig into this peach crisp whereas it’s heat. YUM!

All of the tasty perks of a standard peach pie in a fraction of the time.

peach filling in glass bowl with red spatula.
crumb oat mixture in bowl and shown again in baking pan.

It is going to seem to be loads of topping, however remember that loads of it seeps down into that juicy peach layer.

peaches dessert with oat streusel pecan topping in white round baking dish.
What Are the Greatest Peaches for Peach Crisp?

You should use any number of peaches, yellow or white, however you need barely agency (not laborious) peaches with no bruises or smooth spots. Your greatest guess is to buy or decide about 10 agency peaches (about 3 kilos), then allow them to sit in a paper bag for 1–2 days to ripen. Some could have smooth spots after this time, so that’s the reason I recommend shopping for a pair greater than you really need. Eat any overly smooth peaches or use them in peach muffins.

What’s the Distinction Between Peach Crisp and Peach Cobbler?

This can be a nice query, and I positively wish to reply it for anybody questioning. Peach crisp and peach cobbler each showcase peaches, however they’ve totally different toppings. Peach crisp features a buttery streusel-like oat crumb topping, whereas peach cobbler usually has a thicker, extra substantial biscuit topping. Each are simpler than pie!

Can I Use Frozen Peaches in Peach Crisp?

Contemporary peaches are greatest for peach crisp, however you may get away with unsweetened frozen peaches. If utilizing frozen peaches, thaw, chop, and blot them dry earlier than utilizing. Canned peaches will not be best as a result of they’re already too smooth and mushy.

close up of peach crisp.

Print

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close up of peach crisp.

Good Peach Crisp


  • Creator:
    Sally

  • Prep Time:
    quarter-hour

  • Prepare dinner Time:
    45 minutes

  • Complete Time:
    1 hour

  • Yield:
    serves 8-12

  • Class:
    Dessert

  • Methodology:
    Baking

  • Delicacies:
    American


Description

This buttery peach crisp combines candy and juicy peaches with brown sugar cinnamon oat streusel. Toasty pecans add a bit of crunch whereas vanilla ice cream provides a beautiful distinction to the nice and cozy peach filling.



Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C). Flippantly grease a deep dish 9-inch pie dish, 9-inch sq. pan, 10-inch forged iron skillet, or any 2-2.5 quart baking dish. Put aside.
  2. Gently combine all the filling substances collectively in a big bowl, then unfold into the baking dish.
  3. Make the topping: Whisk the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt collectively in a medium bowl. Minimize within the butter utilizing a pastry cutter or fork till the combination is crumbly. Fold within the oats and pecans. Sprinkle evenly over filling.
  4. Bake for 45-50 minutes till the topping is golden brown and the fruit juices are effervescent across the edges. Take away from the oven, place on a wire rack, and permit to chill for a couple of minutes earlier than serving heat. You too can serve room temperature or chilly.
  5. Cowl leftovers and retailer within the fridge for as much as 5 days.


Notes

  1. Make Forward & Freezing Directions: I don’t advocate getting ready and refrigerating the crisp, unbaked, as a result of the filling will develop into additional juicy the longer it sits. You may, nevertheless, put together the topping as much as 2 days prematurely and canopy and refrigerate it till wanted. Baked crisp freezes effectively for as much as 3 months. Thaw in a single day within the fridge, then heat in a 350°F (177°C) for 20 minutes or till heated by way of.
  2. Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): Vegetable/Fruit Peeler9-inch Sq. Baking Dish (or related dimension) | Glass Mixing Bowl | Pastry Cutter | Cooling Rack
  3. Replace in 2023: After making this peach crisp so usually, I made a couple of slight tweaks to the unique 2015 recipe. I diminished the sugar within the filling from 2/3 cup to 1/2 cup as a result of it was a bit of too candy. I additionally added some lemon juice to brighten up the flavour. And at last, I diminished the butter from 8 Tbsp to six Tbsp so the crisp topping holds up higher. 
  4. Gluten Free: For a gluten free crisp, use my recipe for gluten free apple crisp and substitute sliced apples with sliced peaches.
  5. Can I Use Frozen or Canned Peaches? Contemporary peaches are greatest for peach crisp, however you may get away with unsweetened frozen peaches. If utilizing frozen peaches, thaw, chop, and blot them dry earlier than utilizing. Canned peaches will not be best as a result of they’re already too smooth and mushy.

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