The boys’ school is selling organic peaches. I ordered two cases (about 40 lbs.) for my family; we will be getting our luscious Colorado fruit this Friday at 3 pm.
In the meantime, I am readying my peach recipes. Of course, my all time favorite is peach crisp. It is perfect for fall, which incidentally arrived a few weeks early here in Boulder. We are presently in a cold spell and warm cooked fruit desserts are ideal for this wet, chilly weather.
This easy gluten free dessert can be prepared in a jiffy.
Peach Crisp
Ingredients
- 6 large peaches, sliced
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons arrowroot powder
- 1½ cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup grapeseed oil
- ¼ cup agave nectar
Instructions
- Place peach slices in a large bowl, sprinkle with lemon juice, vanilla and arrowroot; toss to incorporate all ingredients
- In a small bowl, combine almond flour, salt, baking soda, grapeseed oil and agave for topping
- Place peach mixture in a 2 quart baking dish
- Crumble topping over peaches
- Bake covered at 350°F for 1 hour, until peach juice is bubbling; remove cover and bake a few more minutes until topping is golden brown
- Serve
This lightly sweetened, gluten free peach crisp is delicious on its own or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The boys each had a huge helping today, heaped with homemade banana ice cream –completely decadent!
If you live in Boulder (or there abouts) and want to buy peaches for your own delectable crisp, call David Kennedy at 303-449-4213. The 8th grade class teacher, he’s a great guy, one of my favorite people at the school. His class is sponsoring the fundraiser in order to raise money for their trip this spring. What a win-win situation –get yourself some good organic, local fruit and help the children raise funds for their adventure.
(UPDATE: TRY MY REVISED PEACH CRISP)
elana says
Tree – Thanks!
bbg – I hope you and your husband enjoyed it.
Lauren – Thanks, it was delicious, my children devoured it.
Kimi – Thanks :-)
Alison – Yes, peaches are amazing, aren’t they!
Renee – I would not use olive oil in place of grapeseed oil, butter might work though; for more info on substitutions please see my faq.
Katrina – You’re welcome.
Suzi – You are welcome.
Marylyn – Feel free to experiment and please let us know your results.
Marylyn says
Hi Elana,
This looks heavenly! Would the same recipe work for other fruit now in season?
Thanks for your always satisfying and simple recipes and warm personal posts, I just love them!
Suzi says
so excited to make this! we went to the orchard this past weekend and got tons of peaches and apples. just the smell of the peaches is heavenly! can’t wait. thanks so much.
renee says
What do you think would be a good sub for grapeseed oil? Would plain olive oil work?
Katrina says
That looks SO good! I have agave right now and have been looking for some good recipes to use it in. Thanks!
Boy, happy canning with the 40 lbs.!
Alison @ Wholesome Goodness says
Oh, that sounds just heavenly. Peaches are my favorite fruit, but the ones from the stores are awful. My grandfather used to grow peaches, and every summer we would get boxes and boxes of them and then spend days and days preparing them for freezing. It was always worth it. My goodness, do I miss those peaches!
maggie says
Come to Palisade, CO for tree ripe, this year in late July or early August. Later peaches are sweeter and free stone. Big crop this year so they should be cheaper later. Also go to Vail or Edwards Farmers’ Market. Buy from Clarks and tell my son his mother sent you.
Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet says
Yum! I love how nicely browned and crispy your topping looks. Looks pretty wonderful! ;-)
Lauren says
Mmm, I love peaches. Especially good, local ones! This peach crisp looks to die for!
bbg says
this looks so crispy and wonderful! my husband is allergic to raw peaches so he’s been asking about a peach crisp/cobbler recently– i’m definitely making this tonight!
Tree says
40 pounds of peaches!? Damn!
I recently chopped up about 12 peaches, and froze them for smoothies later this fall. But 40 lbs!? Good luck and have fun.
Your peach crisp looks delicious.
:)