Brown Sugar, Brown Butter Peach Crisp. A simple topping, a simple filling. Buttery, nutty, oat crumble. Fresh, gorgeous, juicy summer peaches tossed only with vanilla & brown sugar. It’s the perfect peach-season dessert. There are few things as special as the perfectly ripe peach. Sweet & juicy and such a sign of a gorgeous August.
Peeling Peaches
Peeling peaches is actually so easy with this amazing Homecook’s Tip. I never had any idea how to peel a damn peach without massacre-ing it with a vegetable peeler or losing good juicy chunks of peach. Anyway: the home cook’s tip.
Start with a ripe peach. Set aside a large bowl of ice water. Bring a pot of water to boil. Boil the whole peach in the water for 30-45 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon and add to ice water. When the peaches are fully cooled, the skin will peel right off. Need a visual? Here is a video of how I peel my peaches
Brown Sugar Peach Filling
As with most fruit fillings, this one is just sugar & fruit. There is nothing groundbreaking here, but I did choose to use only brown sugar instead of a mix for this one. I really wanted a molassess-y, caramel-y, toffee flavor to come through with the juicy perfect bite of peach. Toss in the sugar, lemon juice & cornstarch. Set aside and make your crisp.
Brown Butter Peach Crisp
I’ve said it a million times, and I will probably never stop saying it. My love for brown butter knows no bounds. This recipe is perfect because we are going to brown it, but you can cool it down in the freezer quickly. No long wait times. By the time you are finished prepping the fruit & the crisp, your brown butter will be frozen.
Mix up all of the dry ingredients, add in those frozen brown butter chunks and squeeze & crumble everything together. Do this until the mixture can squeeze in your hand but quickly falls apart. Next, crumble the mixture over the top of the peaches.
A Perfect Way to End Summer
I have to do labor day weekend with something summery. I know that we are sprinkling fall into the mix, but I am at my parent’s beach house thsi weekend and a perfect peach crisp, warm with vanilla ice cream, out on the porch watching the sunset is the vibe I want.
Please rate & comment below, let me know when you make this Brown Butter Peach Crisp. And as always, tag me on Instagram if you made something of mine!
Looking for another good summer fruit option? I adore this Blueberry Biscuit Cobbler.
Brown Sugar, Brown Butter Peach Crisp
Equipment
- 1 9 inch Pie Dish
Ingredients
Brown Butter Peach Topping
- 3/4 cup salted butter 12 tbs, 6oz, browned*
- 3/4 cup old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup pecans toasted & chopped
- 1 cup all purpose flour spooned & leveled
Brown Sugar Peach Filling
- 2.5 lb peaches (about 6 average sized peaches) peeled & sliced
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar packed
- 1 & 1/2 tbs cornstarch
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 lemon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°: Brown Butter While oven is preheating, brown your butter. Cook butter on medium-low heat. Stir often until butter begins to separate & foam. The butter will start to get golden & brown. Stir until there are lots of golden flecks and it smells like butterscotch! Pour in a bowl to stop cooking & place in fridge or freezer. When we make the crisp, it should be cold & hard. Toast Nuts When oven is preheated, toast pecans 8-10 minutes until lightly golden brown and fragrant. set aside to cool. Peel peaches*
- Make Peach Filling: In a large bowl, add peaches, brown sugar, corn starch, juice of lemon, vanilla & salt. Stir and set aside.
- Make Peach Crisp Topping: In another mixing bowl, add all topping ingredients except the butter (rolled oats, flour, brown sugar, chopped pecans & salt). Whisk. Add cold butter & mix into flour and sugar with fork, pastry cutter or hands. Mix until it can be squeezed together, but crumble easily.
- Bake Peach Crisp: Place peaches & their juices in bottom of pie dish. Squeeze handful of crisp topping and crumble it over the top of the peaches. Bake peach crisp 30-35 minutes until top is golden and fruit is very bubbly. Remove & let cool. Serve on its own or with vanilla ice cream.
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