Summertime is prime stone fruit season. Peaches are harvested from June through late August, at their sweetest. So to celebrate the yearly bounty, we turned a nostalgic favorite, peach cobbler, into a dairy-free vegan peach cobbler that’s bursting with juicy, ripe peaches and topped with a crisp golden crust.
This easy vegan peach cobbler recipe embodies everything we love about warm-weather gatherings, and it’s perfect for backyard barbecues, picnics and potlucks alike. With this 100% plant-based recipe, we’ve cracked the code to the best-ever peach cobbler without using a single animal product.
Ingredients for Vegan Peach Cobbler
- Peaches: Although you can use frozen peaches for this recipe (thawed and drained), why would you? Fresh peaches are infinitely better in cobbler.
- Sugar: Sugar is a must for the sweet cake-like filling. Opt for granulated white sugar, dark brown sugar or coconut sugar.
- Vanilla extract: Vanilla and cinnamon are the fragrant superstars in this recipe, and a couple of dashes of vanilla extract make a world of difference.
- Ground cinnamon: This warming spice adds a nutty, earthy taste to the peaches that’s so so good.
- Vegan butter: Nowadays you can find vegan butter everywhere. You’ll need 1/3 cup, melted, for the filling.
- Flour and baking powder: These are the main thickening agents for the cobbler, and they’ll bubble up when they bake around the peaches.
- Soy milk: To keep your cobbler moist, you’ll also need soy milk. One of the nut milks would work as well.
Directions
Step 1: Mix the peaches
Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, gently toss the peaches, 1/2 cup of the sugar, the vanilla and cinnamon.
Step 2: Add the vegan butter
Next, pour the vegan butter into a 2-1/2-quart baking dish, making sure it’s evenly coated.
Step 3: Make the cobbler
In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and remaining 1/2 cup sugar, then stir in the milk until smooth. Pour the mixture evenly over the butter, but do not stir. Top with the peach mixture.
Step 4: Bake the cobbler
Bake until golden brown and bubbly, 50 to 55 minutes. Serve warm with vegan ice cream, if desired.
Vegan Peach Cobbler Variations
- Add more fruit: Blueberries and peaches are a summer ingredient match made in heaven! Toss a few handfuls of blueberries in with your peaches, or consider blackberries, which would be just as tasty.
- Make it gluten-free: While this peach cobbler is vegan, it isn’t gluten-free, but swapping the all-purpose flour with almond, buckwheat or brown rice flour will make it GF-compliant.
- Top with vegan biscuits: To take this cobbler to the next level comfort-food wise, add a few vegan biscuits on top of the peaches to fluff up and bake while the filling does. You can find these in the puff pastry section at the grocery store; just confirm that the ingredient list is entirely vegan.
How to Store Vegan Peach Cobbler
Since this peach cobbler is vegan and free of dairy, it can be stored at room temperature on the counter and stay fresh for a few days, although we do suggest covering it with tin foil or a lid, or transferring the leftovers to a sealed, airtight container and placing them in the fridge.
How long does vegan peach cobbler last?
This cobbler will last for two to three days on the counter or in the fridge. Any longer than that, and it will start to break down and get soupy and soggy.
How do you reheat vegan peach cobbler?
Pop the cobbler in the microwave for 60 seconds before topping it with vegan ice cream.
Can you freeze vegan peach cobbler?
You bet! We suggest freezing the whole dish unbaked however, instead of freezing a baked cobbler, for texture and taste reasons.
Vegan Peach Cobbler Tips
How do you keep peach cobbler from getting soggy?
In addition to baking powder, try adding 1 to 2 teaspoons of cornstarch to the filling. This plant-based binder will thicken it up as it bakes.
How do you know when the peach cobbler is ready?
You’ll know your peach cobbler is ready when the fruit juices are bubbling hot and the crust looks crispy and golden brown.
Why is my peach cobbler not setting?
As tempting as it may be to dive right in, allow your cobbler to completely cool before serving. The juices need time to settle and thicken up. Scooping too soon will only result in a runny cobbler situation.
