Homemade Easy Peach Crumble
This Peach Crumble is an easy dessert made with fresh peaches topped with a buttery brown sugar crumb topping. Serve it warm from the oven with ice cream for a simple summer dessert.
You can’t go wrong with peach desserts such as peach cake to an easy peach bread or even peach ice cream but for an extra easy dessert this crumble is it. It’s made the old-fashioned way with simple ingredients and even easier preparation. Fresh peaches are so delicious that you don’t need to do much to turn them into a wonderful dessert.
What is a Crumble?
Maybe you’re wondering the difference between a crumble, crisp, and a cobbler? All of them are similar, and all of them can be made with peaches. The difference is in the ingredients.
A crumble, like this peach, crumble recipe, is a topping made with brown sugar, flour, and butter. If you added oats, it would turn it into a crisp.
On the other hand, a cobbler is a fruit dessert topped with biscuit dough or pastry dough. Once baked, it looks like cobblestone, which is how it got its name. This kind of topping is denser than a crisp or crumble.
Why We Love Peach Crumble
- I love to make crumbles because they’re so simple, requires minimal ingredients. That brown sugar topping makes a light and buttery topping for the warm fruit.
- And what better fruit to use in the summer than fresh peaches? They make the best desserts, and this peach crumble is always a favorite.
- It’s the perfect last minute dessert that everyone will love.
Ingredients
- Sliced peaches – you can use fresh peaches, frozen peaches or canned peaches for this recipe. If you use canned, drain the peaches well before using them.
- Lemon juice
- All-purpose flour
- Brown sugar
- Salt
- Softened butter
Optional add-ins: You can toss the peaches in some cinnamon or nutmeg. Or mix the spices into the topping before sprinkling it over the fruit.
How to make a Peach Crumble Recipe
Arrange the peach slices in the prepared pan and top them with lemon juice.
For the crumb topping, stir the flour, brown sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture forms coarse crumbs.
Sprinkle the crumble topping over the peaches in the baking dish. Bake the crumble until the peach filling is bubbling.Serve the peach crumble warm with scoops of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream.
tips for making the perfect peach crumble
- Choose Ripe Peaches: The best peaches to use are juicy, ripe ones, they will give you the texture and flavor. If the peaches are too firm, you can let them sit at room temperature for a day or two to ripen.
- Adjust Sweetness: It’s a good idea to taste the peaches first, because depending on the sweetness of them, you might need to adjust the amount of sugar in the filling. Mine were not overly sweet.
- Enhance the Flavor: By adding a bit of almond extract to the filling or sprinkle some chopped nuts, such as almonds or pecans, in the topping.
- Make It Gluten-Free: If you’re gluten-free, you can easily adapt this recipe by using a gluten-free flour blend in place of the all-purpose flour.
Do you need to peel peaches for a crumble?
No, you can leave the skin on and just slice the peaches. I like the texture that the skin adds, and it’s delicious. If you prefer to peel them, you can, but it is easier just to remove the pits and slice them.
What other kinds of fruit can you use?
You can use any stone fruit to make this crumble. Try nectarines, apricots, cherries, or plums. Fresh berries like blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries work well or try some apples.
Or, you can do a mix of fruit. Try combining peaches with blueberries or another combo that you like. There are a lot of options! Depending on the fruit you use, the baking time may need to be adjusted.
More Crumb Recipes to try
Every bite of this peach crumble is like a taste of summer! The flavor of the fruit with the sweet topping is perfect – even better, it’s so easy to make. Be sure to try it while peaches are in season. Enjoy!
Fresh Peach Crumble
Ingredients
- 2-3 cups peach slices
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ¾ cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 pinch salt
- ¼ cup butter salted (softened)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350F / 180C. Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
- Arrange the peach slices in the pan. Drizzle the lemon juice over the slices.
- In a medium bowl whisk the flour, brown sugar and salt, cut in the butter to form course crumbs. Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the peaches. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown on top. Let cool to warm, then serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream if desired. Enjoy!