Peach Crumble

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American, southern food

Keyword: peach crumble

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 45

Total Time: 1

Servings:

Calories: 389kcal

This simple peach crumble is the one of the best and easiest summer desserts you can make! Only a handful of ingredients, and it takes just 15 minutes to put them all together.

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Ingredients

Peach Filling

2 pounds peaches
¼ cup sugar
1 teaspoon cornstarch
2 tablespoon lemon juice
zest of one lemon

Crumble Topping

¾ cup flour
¾ cup dark brown sugar
8 tablespoon unsalted butter (1 stick)
¼ teaspoon kosher salt

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
With a good chef's knife, slice the peaches into wedges and remove pits.
Place the peaches in a large mixing bowl and add sugar. Use a microplane grater to zest the lemon, then juice it. Add cornstarch, lemon juice, and lemon zest to the bowl and mix gently until thoroughly combined.
In another large bowl, add the flour, brown sugar and salt. Cut the stick of butter into pea-sized chunks and add to the bowl.
Use a pastry blender or your fingertips to combine the dry ingredients and the butter until you have a crumbly mixture.
Stir the peaches again, then transfer them to an 8" x 8" baking pan. Be sure to get all the juices into the pan!
Squeeze the crumble topping into large chunks with your hands, then break apart over the peaches. This will give you a nice texture of larger crunchy chunks and the smaller crumb-like bits.
Bake on the center rack of the oven for 40-50 minutes, until the top is golden brown and the peaches are bubbling. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

Notes

Just like other fruit pies and desserts, you don't need to refrigerate peach crumble. If you have leftovers (which seems unlikely) cover lightly with aluminum foil or a clean kitchen towel and store in a cool dry place for up to two days.
There's no need to peel the peaches! The skin gives the filling such a pretty color and I like the texture. It's summer, let's take it easy, shall we?
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