Canned Peach Crumble, a fantastic dessert that is so easy to make, and it's always a great favourite with the whole family. It has a crunchy oat and flour topping, and a a delicate vanilla hint. Cheap, delicious, on the table in about 40 minutes.
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What is a crumble dessert?
A crumble is basically any juicy fruit topped with buttery flour (and oats), and baked until golden and crispy. Well, I know it needs some time in the oven for the topping to crisp up. But other than that, you just mix the fresh or canned fruit with sugar, vanilla extract, cover them with the flour, butter and oats topping, and job done.
No complicated fillings, no cream that needs chilling beforehand, no chocolate melting, etc It is said that the dessert actually became famous in the UK during WW2, when food rationing was in place, and the dessert did not need too many expensive ingredients to make. Oats are optional, but I prefer them for an extra crispy crumble.
Since the canned peaches are already juicy, they don't need to be cooked beforehand, they can go straight in the oven dish to be topped.
Ingredients needed to make a peach crumble
For this easy crumble we only need a few ingredients:
- flour - plain flour, no need for self-raising flour
- butter - unsalted butter is best
- oats - I used porridge oats, jumbo oats also ok
- canned peaches
- vanilla extract - or any other extract
Step-by-step photos and instructions
I used 2 large tins of peaches, just because the oven dish I had was pretty large, so use as much as you dish allow you. To make the topping:
- melt the butter
- sift the flour and add it to a large bowl together with the oats
- add the butter and use a spatula to mix everything
- the sugar and vanilla extract can go in too
- give everything a good mix, and job done
- transfer the drained peaches into an oven-proof dish, top with the oat mixture
- bake in the preheated oven at 190 degrees Celsius (375 Fahrenheit) for 35-40 minutes until golden and bubbling hot
Canned or fresh fruit?
The best thing about using canned fruit is that they are already sweet and have the perfect texture. If peaches are in season, and are fully ripen and juicy, they can be used too, either on their own or combined with canned ones.
If you wish to add any other canned fruit, they can be added to without pre-cooking them.
It's really a very simple recipe, and you can tweak it the way you like, there is no right or wrong. Just use whatever you have in your pantry, don't worry about swapping ingredients, as long as the consistency is not changed.
If you want to try with different fruit, apple, berries, apricots, pears are an equally delicious option, or even a combination of more fruits. You can serve the peach crisp with cream, ice cream or custard, or just on its own, it's entirely up to you.
Other crumble recipes
For more deliciousness, why not try my: Apricot Crumble, Mango Crumble, Gooseberry, Strawberry and Rhubarb Crumble, or Apple and Plum Crumble? They are both made with fresh seasonal fruit, and are as easy to make.
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Canned Peach Crumble
Ingredients
- 4 cups canned peaches
- 50 g oats
- 150 g plain flour
- 150 g butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 100 g sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190 degrees C. (375 Fahrenheit).
- Transfer the drained the peaches into an oven-proof dish.
- Melt the butter over a low heat.
- Sift the flour, add the oats, vanilla extract and melted butter, and mix well.
- Add the sugar, and mix again.
- Sprinkle the oat mixture all over the peaches.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the top is golden brown and bubbling hot.
- Serve with cream, custard or ice cream.
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Notes
- If you'd like to see the ingredients listed in cups and ounces, please check the US Customary Link.
- Also, the amount of ingredients changes depending on the servings, so click on the number listed to change it to the number you prefer.
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Sheinach Dunn
Great tasting and very quick
Willow
Hello I was wondering if it’s possible to use a substitute flour like oat flour ? thanks!
Daniela Apostol
Because the flour is only used for the topping, I think you can add another type of flour, the texture might be slightly different, and it might be worth keeping an eye on the oven, in case it bakes quicker.
David
I have just made this it’s baking away in the ovens smells yummy and hopefully it will taste yummy lol. Very quick and easy I cut down on the sugar used brown as tin peaches have some sugar in them, do love crumble and you can use whatever fruit you have weather it’s tin fruit or not.can’t wait to taste it!
Adina
A crisp or a crumble is such a wonderful dessert, I make them quite often myself, with whatever fruit or berry happens to be in season. They are loved by everyone.
Priya
Never tried peaches and almond together ... Sounds delicious
Daniela Apostol
It's a lovely combination, am sure you will like it 🙂
milliethom
Peaches and almond together sound fantastic. I'll definitely have to try this one. 🙂
Daniela Apostol
Thank you! The almond flakes give a lovely crunch! And l love the vanilla extract, it makes the crumble extra yummy. I actually use vanilla extract in pretty much everything l bake ?
Lynz Real Cooking
yumm I love the textures in this yummy dessert! the almonds and oats are my favorites! Very tempting and pretty!
My Gorgeous Recipes
Thank you! It is a good dessert when you want to have something sweet, but don't want to feel too guilty after 🙂 I've been trying to be good and not have too many sweets, but for some reasons I always end up baking something haha
Ellie
I’m a tad confused with this recipe as melting the butter completely doesn’t help with that “crumble” texture, it was more like dough!! I used the recipe to the letter and as soon as the butter went in it literally wouldn’t crumble it was so wet.
Daniela Apostol
Thank you for your feedback! The melted butter makes the flour and oats cluster together, and you can spread these clusters around to top the fruit. Once baked, you will get a lovely crumbly texture for the top, we definitely love it! Alternatively, if you don't enjoy that texture, you can leave the butter as it is and just use your fingertips to rub the butter and flour together until they resemble breadcrumbs, then follow the rest of the recipe. I hope it helps!
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