This peach crisp recipe is one of my favorite summer desserts! Easy and delicious, it has a brown sugar oat topping and sweet, juicy peach filling.
This peach crisp recipe is a delicious, easy summer dessert. Just slice up some sweet, juicy peaches, toss them with a little sugar, flour, lemon, and vanilla, and bake them with a quick brown sugar and oat crumble on top. The whole thing calls for 10 ingredients and is ready in under 45 minutes.
Peak-season peaches have always been one of my favorite parts of summer. While there’s nothing I love more than eating one over the sink, the juice dripping down my chin, this fresh peach crisp recipe is a close second. I’ve been making it for years, and this summer, I updated it with a simplified topping (the same one I use on my go-to apple crisp). It’s crisp, buttery, and warmly spiced with cinnamon, the perfect contrast to the tender peaches. Pro tip: Serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream to take the whole thing over the top.
Why You’ll Love This Peach Crisp Recipe
- It lets the natural sweetness of the peaches shine. I only add a couple tablespoons of sugar to the filling to draw out the peach juices and help them thicken.
- It has a perfect fruit-to-topping ratio, so you get a mouthwatering balance of soft peaches and crunchy topping in every bite.
- It’s super easy to make. The only special ingredient here is the peaches. You likely have everything else you need to make this recipe right now! Let’s get baking, shall we?
Peach Crisp Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make this peach crisp recipe:
- Peaches, of course! Any variety of fresh peaches will work in this recipe—yellow peaches, white peaches, donut, etc. They should be ripe but still the slightest bit firm so that they hold their shape in the oven. If you can’t find fresh peaches, frozen peaches are a good substitute. Thaw and drain them before using them in this recipe.
- Fresh lemon juice – Its brightness balances the sweet peach filling.
- Vanilla extract – I love the warm, buttery flavor of vanilla with peaches, so I add a dash of vanilla extract to the filling.
- All-purpose flour – It thickens the peach juices and helps the crumble topping clump together.
- Brown sugar and white sugar – I like to use brown sugar in the topping and granulated sugar in the filling to let the flavor of the peaches shine. If you’d like to simplify, feel free to use brown sugar in both places. It’ll add molasses-y depth of flavor to the peaches. Light brown sugar and dark brown sugar are both great!
- Whole rolled oats – Aka old fashioned oats. They crisp up nicely in the oven, adding a delicate crunch to the crumble topping. I don’t recommend substituting quick oats here. Because they’re thinner and smaller, they won’t get as crispy.
- Unsalted butter – It adds buttery flavor and brings the crumble topping together.
- Cinnamon – For warm depth of flavor.
- And sea salt – To make all the flavors pop!
Find the complete recipe with measurements below.
How to Make Peach Crisp
This peach crisp recipe has 3 simple steps:
1. Make the fruit filling. Pit and slice the peaches and toss them with the flour, sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla. Spread them in a greased 9-inch square baking dish.
2. Make the crisp topping. In a medium bowl, whisk together the oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Add the butter and work it into the flour mixture until it crumbles. Sprinkle the crumble over the peaches in the baking dish.
3. Bake the peach crisp at 350°F until the topping is golden brown and crisp and the peaches are bubbling. In my oven, this takes around 35 minutes. I’d start checking it at 30!
Let cool for 10 minutes, then devour with vanilla ice cream!
Recipe Tips
- Buy your peaches ahead of time. I almost never find ripe but firm peaches at the farmers market or grocery store, so I recommend buying unripe peaches two to three days before you make this recipe. Let them ripen on your countertop until they’re fragrant and have a tiny bit of give when you gently squeeze them. Use them at that point, or store them in the fridge for an extra day or two before you bake.
- No need to peel the peaches. I always peel apples for apple crisp because they have tougher skins, but thin peach skins don’t bother me one bit!
- Other fruit works too. Replace the peaches with nectarines, or use a mix of peaches and summer berries. I love a combination of peaches and blueberries or blackberries in this recipe. You’ll need 4 peaches and 1 to 2 cups berries. So delicious!
How to Store Peach Crisp
This peach crisp recipe is best warm from the oven, when the filling is juicy and the topping is crisp. If you have leftovers, store them, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. The topping will soften as it sits and soaks up the peach juice.
Enjoy at room temperature, or reheat in the microwave or a 325°F oven until warmed through. (The topping will crisp up better in the oven.)
More Fresh Peach Recipes to Try
If you love this homemade peach crisp, try one of these fresh peach recipes next:
- Peach Cobbler
- Grilled Peaches
- Bellini Cocktail
- Or any of these 20 Easy Peach Recipes!

Peach Crisp Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 ripe peaches, pitted and sliced (5 cups)
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Vanilla ice cream, for serving
Topping
- ¾ cup whole rolled oats
- ½ cup all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ cup cold unsalted butter, 1 stick, cubed, plus more for the pan
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 9x9-inch baking dish.
- In a large bowl, toss the peaches with the flour, sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla. Spread evenly in the prepared baking dish.
- Make the topping: In a medium bowl, whisk together the oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Use a fork, a pastry cutter, or your hands to work in the butter until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle evenly over the peaches.
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the peaches are bubbling and the topping is golden brown and crisp.
- Let stand for 10 minutes before serving with vanilla ice cream.









Yes, very delicious and easy to make.
So delicious and so easy to make! Can’t wait to make it again.
I want to make this again. Such a good peach crisp recipe. I love peaches in the summer.
This was AMAZING!!! Used pecans instead of walnuts…
I subbed butter in for the coconut oil and used pecans instead of walnuts (because I was too lazy to go to the store) and it turned out fantastic!
This recipe came together so quickly and tasted delicious!
This recipe is amazing! It is easy to make and so delicious – definitely a summer favorite!
Simple to make and beautifully done in the cast iron pan. Turned out perfectly!!
This is Delicious!!!!
I really enjoyed this recipe. The ingredients are simple and I like how there’s only a hint of sugar in the peaches and it relies mainly on the fruit’s natural sweetness. My peaches didn’t poke through like the photos so it wasn’t as visually good looking but the flavor is great! Definitely added a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Will make again!
This oh-so-tasty peach crisp didn’t last long at our house! Fresh Palisades peaches from the Western Slope in Colorado pushed this easy to assemble recipe to the next level! Love the nutty crunch in the topping. A 5 star keeper recipe for sure!
Delicious! And handy to have a vegan, gluten-free, and totally indulgent recipe on hand for guests. Recipes says six servings, but only lasted three for me…..
Loved this dessert! I used sliced almonds instead of walnuts because I don’t really like them and it came out great. Never really thought about making a peach based dessert but now I’m gonna use them way more often.
Awesome cooking club experience. This recipe was easy, fun, and delicious. It also works with my diet restrictions of gluten free and dairy free. Happy Summer. You must try this recipe. This will be new go to dessert for us. Thank you Love and Lemons!!!
Just made for a “wow, that was a long week…” Friday treat and it did not disappoint. Delicious 😀
You can use an 8×8 or 9×9 square baking dish, if you’d like. It serves 6.
Sorry didn’t mean to give it a 3 star, my mistake, haven’t made it yet!
LOVE seasonal crisps. This is also good with coconut mixed into the topping. Yum!
We really liked this at our house! I kept the walnuts in pieces and loved the crunch. I used all-purpose flour as I didn’t have almond flour and it worked well. My coconut oil was a bit melty (because the temps are through the roof in the midwest!) but it worked just fine. Very adaptable!
This was soooo good. The perfect summer dessert and so easy to put together.