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This vegan peach cobbler is juicy and jammy with a chewy, cookie-like topping. Use fresh peaches when they’re in season, or enjoy it year-round with tips for both canned and frozen peaches. Serve it warm with a dollop of dairy-free vanilla ice cream!
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🧡 Why you’ll love this recipe
- Easy: Skip fumbling around with rolling, chilling, and shaping a pie crust, and make this beginner-friendly dessert instead! The instructions couldn’t be easier.
- Crowd-pleasing: Vegan peach cobbler is always a fan-favorite at backyard barbecues, potlucks, and summer parties. Everyone will be asking for the recipe!
- Versatile: Use fresh, canned, or frozen peaches, swap out the spices, make a gluten-free version, or combine the peaches with other fruits like blueberries.
If you love vegan cobbler, you should really check out our peach cobbler with cake mix, vegan apple crisp, tanghulu, and strawberry tamales.
🍑 What is a vegan peach cobbler?
Peach cobbler has to be one of the most delicious desserts ever created! With a sweet, jammy filling and a cobblestone topping, it’s a no-brainer to make when you’re overloaded with in-season peaches.
There are a few types of cobbler out there — those with biscuit, almost scone-like toppings, those with cakey tops and bottoms, and others with cookie or pie dough-like toppings.
This vegan peach cobbler recipe is the last type, giving it a subtly sweet, rich, and chewy mouthfeel. The peaches are combined with a sprinkle of cornstarch, which perfectly thickens the filling.
Combined with the warming flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg, this summery treat is just begging to be served with a scoop of vegan vanilla bean ice cream!
Cobbler vs crisp
There are often a lot of crossovers between what people consider a cobbler and a crisp. While they do share some similarities, here are the main differences:
- Cobbler: Prepared with a biscuit, pie dough, or batter crust, sometimes containing a bottom crust. Typically, the crust is tender, soft, and slightly chewy.
- Crisp: Usually topped with a streusel mixture of butter, oats, brown sugar, flour, and sometimes nuts. It comes out golden brown and crispy, hence the name.
Once you understand the basics, there are then endless variations of crisps, crumbles, and cobblers. Whatever you consider this recipe, one thing is for sure — it’s delicious!
🛒 Ingredients & substitutions
- Peaches: When they’re in season, we always use fresh, ripe peaches. If not, substitute frozen or canned. For frozen peaches, let them thaw completely in a strainer. If you use canned peaches, omit the cane sugar.
- Cane sugar: Added to the filling and the topping for a delicate sweetness. If you use regular granulated sugar, remember to double-check that it’s certified vegan.
- Cornstarch: Combines with the peach juices as this vegan cobbler bakes, resulting in a delicious jammy consistency. Potato starch will also work.
- All-purpose flour: Gives the topping a perfectly chewy texture. For a gluten-free option, use a 1:1 gluten-free flour blend like Bob’s Red Mill or King Arthur.
- Baking powder: Provides a slight lift to the topping, making it not too dense.
- Cinnamon & nutmeg: Both add warming, sweet, and slightly spicy flavors. Feel free to just use one or the other, or add allspice, cardamom, or ginger.
- Salt: An important addition in baking to give the recipe dimension. Don’t skip the salt!
- Vegan butter: Use your favorite brand of dairy-free butter like Miyokos, Earth Balance, Melt Organic, or Forager’s Project.
- Vanilla extract: Make sure to use 100% pure vanilla extract for the most intense, sweet, and creamy flavors.
For a complete ingredient list and step-by-step guide, scroll down to our recipe card.
📝 How to make vegan peach cobbler
Step 1: Mix the filling
Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly grease a 13×9 baking dish. In a large bowl, toss the sliced peaches, cane sugar, and cornstarch together. Transfer them to the prepared baking dish and set aside.
Step 2: Whisk the dry ingredients
In another mixing bowl, whisk the flour, cane sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
Step 3: Add the butter
Melt the vegan butter in a small bowl in the microwave or a double-boiler, then whisk in the vanilla. Pour the butter mixture into the dry ingredients, stirring to incorporate. It should resemble cookie dough at this point.
Step 4: Layer on the topping
Using your hands, evenly crumble the batter on top of the peaches. Bake the cobbler for 35-40 minutes, or until the top is golden and the juices are bubbling.
Step 5: Let it cool
Remove it from the oven and let it cool for about 20-25 minutes before serving. Happy eating!
If you have questions about this vegan peach cobbler recipe, check out our FAQs or leave a comment down below!
🍦 What to serve with vegan cobbler
Serve it warm as-is, or get your creative juices flowing with some of these creamy topping choices:
- Coconut whipped cream
- Coconut yogurt
- Dairy-free vanilla bean ice cream
- Banana-based nice cream
- Vegan Greek yogurt
- Vegan caramel sauce
- Chopped nuts (toasted or candied)
- Maple syrup
🌡️ Storage & reheating
For any leftover vegan peach cobbler, follow these storage tips to prevent them from turning soggy:
- Fridge: Cover the baking dish with a lid, or transfer your peach cobbler to an airtight container. Keep it in the fridge for up to 4-5 days.
- Freezer: Once completely cooled, vegan peach cobbler can be frozen for up to 2-3 months. Just make sure to keep it in a freezer-safe bag or container.
- Reheating: If frozen or in the fridge, let the cobbler warm up at room temperature for 15-30 minutes. Bake it at 350 degrees F for about 10-15 minutes, or until warmed all the way through. If the top is browning too quickly, loosely cover it with aluminum foil.
♻️ Variations
- Peaches: Try using frozen or canned peaches in your vegan cobbler. If frozen, allow them to fully thaw and drain the excess liquid. If they’re canned, completely drain the can and omit the added sugar.
- Other fruit: Combine or replace the peaches with blueberries, blackberries, pears, apples, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, plums, apricots, or nectarines.
- Make a crisp: For a crispier topping, make the topping with a combination of rolled oats, vegan butter, brown sugar, a touch of flour, and chopped nuts.
- Different spices: Transform the flavors with spices and blends like allspice, cardamom, cloves, pumpkin spice, or apple pie spice.
- Gluten-free: Make your vegan peach cobbler recipe gluten-free by using a 1:1 gluten-free flour blend from Bob’s Red Mill or King Arthur.
🧑🍳 Top tips
- Consistency: If your peaches are extra juicy and you prefer a thicker consistency, add an extra teaspoon or two of cornstarch to the peaches.
- Let the peaches ripen: If you’re buying fresh peaches, pick them up a few days before making your cobbler so they have time to properly ripen.
- Evenly spread: Spread the peaches out evenly on the bottom, and don’t be afraid to overlap a few pieces. More fruit is better than less when it comes to a cobbler!
- Let it cool: Let the peach cobbler cool on the counter for about 15-20 minutes before serving. This will allow the filling to thicken into a jammy consistency.
- Keep an eye on it: Cobbler can burn quickly, so make sure to keep an eye on it in the oven. Take it out when it’s golden brown and bubbly.
💬 FAQ
No, you don’t have to peel peaches for cobbler. We prefer the uniform consistency of peeled peaches, but leaving the skins on is completely fine!
We prefer slicing our peaches thinly for two reasons. First, they cook faster so you don’t have to worry about the cobbler layer burning. Secondly, the thin slices meld together, making the filling more jam-like.
To tell if peaches are soft enough for a cobbler, gently squeeze them with your fingertips. If they give a little but still feel slightly firm, they’re perfect for cobbler.
You can absolutely eat peach cobbler cold! Our preference is to serve this vegan peach cobbler warm with vanilla ice cream, but we will eat it hot, warm, cold, or frozen solid!
Yes, you can make vegan peach cobbler sugar-free. Swap out the sugar with stevia or monk fruit.
🍴 More dessert recipes
If you enjoyed this vegan peach cobbler recipe, be sure to check out some more vegan desserts like the following:
- Tempura Ice Cream: A simple Japanese dessert full of hot and cold elements.
- Vegan Churros: Crispy vegan churros paired with hot chocolate dipping sauce.
- Raspados: Mexican shaved ice flavored with fresh mango syrup.
- Vegan Arroz con Leche: Arroz con leche prepared without any dairy.
Best Vegan Peach Cobbler
Equipment
- 13×9 baking dish
- Paring knife
Ingredients
Filling
- 6-7 medium fresh peaches, peeled, pitted, and sliced
- ¼ cup cane sugar
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
Topping
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup cane sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup melted vegan butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For serving optional
- Dairy-free vanilla ice cream
- Coconut whipped cream
Instructions
Filling
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly grease a 13×9 glass or ceramic baking dish with coconut oil or vegan butter.
- In a large bowl, toss the sliced peaches, cane sugar, and cornstarch together. Transfer them to the prepared baking dish and set aside.
Topping
- In another mixing bowl, whisk the flour, cane sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
- Melt the vegan butter in a small bowl in the microwave or a double-boiler, then whisk in the vanilla. Pour the butter mixture into the dry ingredients, stirring to incorporate. It should resemble cookie dough at this point.
- Using your hands, evenly crumble the batter on top of the peaches. Bake the cobbler for 35-40 minutes, or until the top is golden and the juices are bubbling.
- Remove it from the oven and let it cool for about 20-25 minutes before serving. Enjoy as-is or with vegan vanilla ice cream. Happy eating!
Notes
- Consistency: If your peaches are extra juicy and you prefer a thicker consistency, add an extra teaspoon or two of cornstarch to the peaches.
- Let the peaches ripen: If you’re buying fresh peaches, pick them up a few days before making your cobbler so they have time to properly ripen.
- Evenly spread: Spread the peaches out evenly on the bottom, and don’t be afraid to overlap a few pieces. More fruit is better than less when it comes to a cobbler!
- Let it cool: Let the peach cobbler cool on the counter for about 15-20 minutes before serving. This will allow the filling to thicken into a jammy consistency.
- Keep an eye on it: Cobbler can burn quickly, so make sure to keep an eye on it in the oven. Take it out when it’s golden brown and bubbly.
- Nutritional information is a rough estimate and should not be taken as health advice.
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Note: We’ve updated this post to include new information and helpful tips about the recipe.
