You'll make this easy peach cobbler recipe again & again! Because juicy peaches + buttery topping + vanilla ice cream = a match made in heaven.
This peach cobbler recipe has been a long time coming. If you’ve followed the blog for a while, you know that peaches are my favorite part of summer. I add them to salads, serve them with cheese, top them onto pizza, and, of course, devour them plain. Given all the peach recipes I’ve made over the years, it’s high time I shared a more classic, easy peach cobbler recipe.
Homemade peach cobbler can go in a few directions. Sometimes a sweet, cake-like batter surrounds the fruit, while other times a biscuit-like topping covers it. Still other times, a light, flaky dough dots the peaches. Because I’m a huge fan of fruit crisps, I opted for the third kind, sprinkling my peaches with crumbles of a simple, 7-ingredient cobbler topping.
Because peak-season peaches are so sweet & juicy on their own, it doesn’t take much to transform them into a delicious dessert. This easy peach cobbler recipe calls for just 10 ingredients, and peaches are truly the star of the show. Since I’m a peach purist, I don’t sweeten them, simmer them, or peel them but I do drizzle them with a little lemon juice for brightness. I dot them with the topping – a mix of flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and coconut oil – and serve it all with generous scoops of vanilla ice cream. Naturally sweet and brimming with peachy flavor, this one’s an essential late summer treat.
How to Make Peach Cobbler
Like most fruit crisps and crumbles, this cobbler recipe comes together with minimal effort. Here’s all you need to do:
- Slice your peaches into eighths and layer them into the bottom of a greased 9×13 baking dish.
- Drizzle them with lemon juice!
- Stir together the topping ingredients until they combine to form a crumbly dough.
- Sprinkle the dough over the peaches, and bake in a 400-degree oven until the topping is lightly golden brown and the peaches are juicy, about 30 minutes.
- Scoop into bowls with vanilla ice cream, and dig in while it’s still warm. Enjoy!
Easy Peach Cobbler Recipe Tips
As the ultimate peach fan, I’ve been making peach desserts for years. Here are my best tips for making one that’s pitch-perfect every time:
- Get your peaches ahead of time. Whenever I go to the store looking for the perfect peach, the ones I find are always rock-hard or too mushy. If you want to make a great peach cobbler, buy your fruit a few days in advance and let it ripen on your counter. When the peaches are soft, you’re ready to bake! (After they ripen, you can also store them in the fridge for up to a few days.)
- Err on the side of more fruit, not less. You want the peaches to cover the bottom of your pan completely, so overlap the slices as needed. As you can see in the photos above, I even have a double layer of fruit in some places!
- Leave some clumps. Nothing beats a bite of peach cobbler with a big lump of golden brown, buttery dough, so don’t break up the cobbler topping too much as you sprinkle it over the fruit!
- Serve with vanilla ice cream. I love all fruit desserts with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, but I especially recommend it here. This cobbler is still good on its own, but the ice cream gives it a delectable “peaches & cream” finish. If ice cream’s not your thing, a dollop of whipped cream or coconut cream would be excellent too.
More Favorite Summer Desserts
If you love this peach cobbler recipe, try one of these summer desserts next:
- Grilled Peaches
- Peach Crisp
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Cherry Clafoutis
- Blueberry Scones
- Chocolate Zucchini Cake
- Raspberry Vegan Cheesecake
Easy Peach Cobbler
Ingredients
- 6 large or 7 medium peaches, thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- ¼ cup cane sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup melted coconut oil or unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Vanilla ice cream, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F and grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with coconut oil.
- Layer the peaches into the bottom of the baking dish and drizzle the lemon juice over the peaches.
- In a medium bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Add the coconut oil and vanilla and combine until the mixture forms a crumbly dough. Sprinkle over the peaches and bake for 30 minutes, or until the mixture is just lightly browned on top and the peaches are juicy.
- Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Delicious and easy to make! Thanks for the recipe:)
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Delicious! I think it is great warm or cold
I’m so glad you loved it!
This peach cobbler doesn’t even need ice cream; Sweet, tasty and easy to make.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I’ve made blueberry cobbler before but this is the first try at peach! The smell is wonderful and so easy!
I made this today and it’s delicious. I’ve never made a cobbler before and remembered the recipe when I came across some beautiful peaches at my local farm stand. The kitchen smelled so good it was hard not to eat it as soon as it came out of the oven!
Hi Amy, I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
This was so amazing! I doubled it for 7 of us and there was none left behind. We used white peaches which gave it such a delicate but delicious flavor!! Another summer favorite going down in the books!
This was the perfect summer dessert and super easy! Thank you!
So yummy! I had to half the recipe since there are just 2 of us. Easy and delicious! Drizzled with a bit of rosemary honey!
For as simple as this peach cobbler was to make, it was absolutely delicious. The only modification I made was that I had to use ten peaches to cover the bottom of my pan, which wasn’t a problem at all. This is the perfect summer dessert: Fresh from the oven with a scoop of ice cream on top….Yummy!
I have frozen peaches still from last years bounty! Could I use frozen peaches until fresh peaches are ripe and ready??
(Plus, if so, what a fun winter treat!)
Can this be prepped ahead of time and refrigerated overnight? I’m concerned about the effect the lemon juice might have on the peaches over night. Thanks!
Hi Brian, it’s best on the first day when the crisp is still crips, but it’ll be ok over one night.
Can you substitute canned peaches?
Hi Megan, I haven’t tried but I think it should be fine. I would drain the juices. It’ll be sweeter since the peaches were stored in sugary juices.
What an incredible hit with my family. The only changes I made was using butter to grease the pan (I didn’t have coconut oil) and I used salted butter in the crumble, so I eliminated the salt. They compared the taste to an oatmeal cookie ? Thank you so much for sharing. I’ll definitely be making this again
Hi Denise, I’m so glad everyone loved it!
I can’t wait to try this recipe ! Unfortunately I can’t find peaches anywhere right now due to the crop shortage. If I substitute the peaches for mixed berries, would the rest of the recipe hold up? Or would you recommend some changes? Thanks!
Hi Kerry, I think berries would work great.
I had to to use gluten free flour for this recipe due to dietary issues and I substituted coconut sugar for the cane sugar because it was all I had. Sadly the topping turned out a little dry even when mixed with the juicy peaches. I presume this comes from the change of using the gluten free flour and coconut sugar. Next time I would just add a little more melted coconut oil. I’m giving this a 5/5 because I love how easy it is to put together and how amazing the peaches tasted. It wasn’t too sweet either. I will definitely be attempting this recipe again.
Hi Jennifer, if the GF flour was too dry, you might try doing a 50/50 mix of GF flour and almond flour for more richness… or even a mix of oat flour and almond flour. I haven’t tested either of those, but I bet they would be tasty. I’m guessing the coconut sugar wasn’t the issue, I commonly sub it for granulated sugar. I hope that helps!
I wish you would include nutritional facts for people who have Diabeties or special diets.
I agree. Not diabetic, but like the healthier diet. Need response as this is very important.
great use of peaches, love it and thank you
I love peach desserts! This cobbler has my name on it! Perfect for the summer ♥
Omg seriously yummy in my tummy 🙂 It was hard to keep leftovers in my house its def all gone.
Unfortunately I have to stay away from desserts, but if I ate them, this is one I would definitely make. I like your philosophy of just letting the peaches be peaches. They don’t need anything else. IMHO. 🙂