You’ll love this easy peach cobbler recipe. Use fresh or frozen peaches, and your going to love our super simple, from scratch biscuit topping. Nothing says summer quite like a warm, homemade peach cobbler!
Peach season might be my favorite time of year! Beyond eating as many perfectly ripe, juicy peaches as possible, I immediately crave three recipes: vanilla peach muffins, white wine peach sangria, and this homemade peach cobbler with its fluffy biscuit topping.
This delicious fresh peach cobbler recipe comes from a friend, and we’re thrilled to share it with you. It’s definitely in the running for the ultimate summer dessert! When it’s fall, I’m all about apple cobbler!
Key Ingredients
- Peaches: I recommend using in-season or frozen peaches for the best flavor. Thaw frozen peaches beforehand. If you’re short on time, drained canned or jarred peaches work, too, but they might be softer after baking. When using fresh peaches, I peel them for a smoother texture, but you can leave the peel on if you prefer. It’s easy to do – I’ve included tips and a photo in the recipe below! You can also toss in a cup of berries and turn this into a berry peach cobbler.
- Spices: I keep my peach filling simple with just cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Lemon: A squeeze of fresh lemon juice adds a bit of liquid to the filling and really brings out the peach flavor.
- Sugar: The recipe calls for 1/3 cup of sugar, but if your peaches are more tart than sweet, you might want to add a little more.
- Flour: I use all-purpose flour to thicken the peach filling and create a soft, biscuit-like cobbler topping.
- Baking Powder: This helps the cobbler topping rise and become nice and fluffy.
- Butter and Milk: Cold butter and a splash of milk are essential for making the easy biscuit topping (similar to my strawberry shortcake recipe).
How to Make the Best Peach Cobbler
To make a peach cobbler, you’ll first make the filling. I toss peaches with lemon juice, sugar, flour, and spices. Then, I pour the filling into a baking dish and give it a head start in the oven while I make the sweet biscuit topping.
For the topping, I cut cold butter into a mixture of flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder (just like I do when making these homemade biscuits). Then, when the mixture looks crumbly, you’ll add just enough milk to form a soft dough.
You could pat the dough down and use biscuit cutters to form perfectly round biscuits, but I like my peach cobbler to look as casual as possible, so I dot blobs of dough over the peaches.
To finish things off, I sprinkle a little cinnamon sugar over the biscuits before baking (so good!). Then bake until the peaches are bubbling and the biscuit topping is lightly browned.
I love serving the cobbler warm with vanilla ice cream or a spoonful of homemade whipped cream.
Easy Peach Cobbler
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This peach cobbler recipe features spiced, juicy peaches with a sweet biscuit topping. Peaches are the star, with the topping placed gently on top rather than covering them completely, allowing the thickened peach juices to mingle with the topping. For a traditional, fully-covered cobbler, double the topping recipe below. While we prefer the texture of peeled peaches, you can save time by leaving the skins on (the flavor will still be wonderful).
You Will Need
Peach Filling5 peaches, peeled and sliced or, use thawed frozen sliced peaches (about 5 cups)
1 cup fresh or frozen berries, optional
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup (65g) sugar, or more depending on sweetness of peaches
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
Biscuit Top3/4 cups (100g) all purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar, divided
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoons (28g) unsalted butter, cold, cut into small cubes
1/3 cup (80ml) whole milk
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions
1Heat oven to 350°F (176°C). Lightly butter or oil a 9-inch square baking dish (2-quart dish).
2Make the cobbler filling. Toss sliced peaches with berries (optional), lemon juice, sugar, 2 tablespoons of flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Pour into baking dish. Bake for 10 minutes.
3Make the topping. Whisk the flour, 2 tablespoons of sugar, baking powder, and salt together. Using a pastry blender or your fingers, cut the butter into the flour until crumbly.
4Pour in the milk and stir with a fork until a soft dough forms.
5Drop tablespoon-sized dollops of biscuit dough over the pre-baked peaches, leaving some space between each blob. As the cobbler bakes, the topping will spread out a little.
6Combine the remaining tablespoon of sugar and cinnamon for topping. Sprinkle over the top of your cobbler.
7Bake the peach cobbler for 40 to 50 minutes or until the juices are bubbling and the topping is golden brown. Cool for 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- How to Peel Peaches: To peel fresh peaches, score an “X” into the bottom of each peach with a knife. Add to boiling water for 45 to 60 seconds then plunge into ice cold water. Peel skins from peaches.
- The nutrition facts provided below are estimates.
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I made this last night for my husband, and he thought it was absolutely delicious. I went exactly by the recipe except I made a half recipe using frozen peaches, Red Lobster biscuit mix, and made whipped cream for the top. For the biscuits, I only prepared half of the dry mix and omitted the cheese, of course. After dropping the biscuit topping on the peaches, I topped with 1/2 tbls of the cinnamon sugar as the recipe calls for. It was really easy to put together, and it turned out to be one of the best I’ve made so far.
Yay! So glad you enjoyed it 🙂
I was looking for a savory fruit breakfast and made this recipe without the sugar in the fruit. I also used gluten free oat flour, buttermilk instead of milk and a bit of cardamom. I purposely didn’t add any thickening agent (flour or corn starch) because I wanted the full fruit juices. It is delicious. Next time however I will add about 2 tablespoons of sugar to the fruit. Thanks for the kick start.
Thanks for letting us know that your substitutions worked! Glad you loved it 🙂
I have been enjoying this recipe since around 1982 and still loving it. So quick and easy to make yeah.
Last week, my daughter made this cobbler with fresh peaches. This was amazing, it’s the best I’ve ever tried. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe! God bless!
Yay! You have made our day 🙂
I just used your recipe and I would like to thank you and your husband for your contribution to the world! It was absolutely delicious, I impressed my in-laws, my family, and the house smells amazing. I have a peach tree, so I have enough to make your vanilla peach muffins for breakfast! I can’t wait to try other recipes from you guys.
We are so happy that you found us and your family loves the cobbler 🙂
The weather’s too hot here (Northern California) for cooking these days in the 80’s and 90’s, but I sure do enjoy watching your videos. Great lessons for learning. Keep the salt down and sugar down for good health! Very best wishes to you hard-working, generous people!
I just tested this recipe out and loved it!
Wonderful! 🙂
Making this right now! Hope it comes out good 🙂
When following the recipe, for the peach filling it says 1/3 to 1/2 cup sugar; however, when preparing the filling, the directions say 2 tbsp sugar. Could you please clarify this? Thanks!
Hi there — So sorry about that. We flipped the measurements. The recipe is fixed now, but to clarify, 1/3 to 1/2 cup of sugar is added to the peaches and an additional 2 tablespoons are added to the topping.
I am all over this! Such an awesome recipe!
Thanks Katrina!