The Best Peach Crisp Recipe with Fresh Peaches
A warm, buttery peach crisp recipe made with fresh peaches and a golden oat crumble topping — easy, homemade, and perfect with vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
Peach Filling
- 6 cup fresh peaches, peeled and sliced 6-7 medium
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg (optional)
- 1 pinch salt
Oat Crumble Topping
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup brown sugar, packed
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, cold and cubed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a 9-inch baking dish.
- Toss sliced peaches with sugar, lemon juice, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Let sit 5-10 minutes.
- Pour peach mixture into the prepared baking dish.
- Whisk oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt together; cut in cold butter until crumbly.
- Sprinkle topping evenly over the peaches.
- Bake 40-45 minutes until golden and bubbly.
- Cool 15 minutes before serving. Serve warm with ice cream, if desired.
Notes
For best results, use ripe but firm peaches. Cold butter is key to a crisp, crumbly topping. Leftovers keep in the fridge up to 5 days.