The Perfect Peach Crisp Recipe

Showcasing sweet and juicy peaches bubbling beneath a toasted pecan oat streusel, peach crisp takes less than half the time and effort required for traditional peach pie. Served warm with cold vanilla ice cream, summer dessert doesn’t get much better than this!

. I also made a few small tweaks to the recipe, which are reflected in the printable recipe below.

This peach crisp combines a mountain of jammy, juicy summer peaches under sweet and crumbly oat streusels. It also requires a mountain of willpower to not eat the entire pan. Trust me, I make this at least 3x each summer and there are never any leftovers. It’s the *best* peach dessert. (Sorry, peach pie.)

Here’s Why You’ll Love This Peach Crisp

• Showcase Fresh Peaches: This is the perfect recipe for peaches to shine during peak season.
• Easier Than Pie: I absolutely adore peach pie, but there’s no doubt that homemade pie is a labor of love. Sometimes we need a crowd-pleasing dessert that’s easier, but just as seasonal and impressive. In this peach crisp, you’re swapping pie crust for an easy oat pecan streusel topping.
• Wonderful Mix of Textures: Thick, soft, juicy peach filling + crispy, nutty, toasted topping.
• Full of Flavor: While the peaches steal the spotlight, they’re enhanced by a supporting cast of brown sugar, pecans, cinnamon, lemon, and vanilla—which work together to deliver a caramelized flavor you will love.
• No Eggs: Another egg-free baking recipe.
• No Waiting: You don’t have to wait for anything to come to room temperature, chill, or cool! This is a crowd-pleasing dessert recipe that you can prep, bake, and serve in about an hour. It joins 30+ others in my collection of Quick Dessert Recipes—ready in 1 hour or less!

Fruit crisps, such as this strawberry vanilla crisp and my apple crisp, are the indisputable dessert champions as they only require a baking dish, fruit, and streusel. And they have so much texture in each warm bite. No need to dirty your rolling pin!

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

Ingredients to Use & Why

Want to level up your peach crisp? Try my brown butter blueberry peach skillet crisp.

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

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

It will seem like a lot of topping, but keep in mind that a lot of it seeps down into that juicy peach layer.