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39 Perfect Peach Dessert Recipes

Our favorite ways to turn summer's sweetest stone fruit into show-stopping desserts.

July 6, 2020

One of our favorite peach dessert recipes is ironskillet peach crisp

You can't eat peach cobbler every day of the week (if you want to take that as a challenge, be our guest) but, luckily, the world of peach desserts extends far and wide. There are the other buttery pastries: your pies, your galettes, your crisps and shortcakes. But scroll through our favorite peach desserts for yet more uses for this sweet and juicy summer wonder, whether that's in cool and creamy confections like ice creams and frozen yogurts, old-fashioned favorites like parfaits, or delicacies like panna cottas. Plus: not one but several cobbler recipes, so you'll never get bored.

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Peach and Butter Pecan Ice Cream Icebox Cake
A few tweaks to the standard icebox cake formula make this version stand out: jam (in this case, peach) folded into half of the whipped cream for a fruity element, Ritz crackers that go delightfully soft in the freezer but still make a case for belonging in dessert with their salty, buttery flavor, and a layer of butter pecan ice cream right through the middle.
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Peach Pie With Lattice Crust
Serve up summertime by the slice with this classic peach pie recipe.
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3-Ingredient Ginger-Peach Ice Cream Floats
Ginger beer pulls double duty here: First it's the liquid that you briefly poach the peaches in, then it's the crisp, spicy soda you pour over these easy summery floats.
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Stone Fruit Custard Tart
This new tart from Tara O’Brady has an easy press-in pistachio crust and a few pounds of peaches, plums, or apricots coddled in a supple layer of custard.
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Southern Peach Cobbler
The batter in this classic southern peach cobbler puffs up around the fruit, creating a cakey top and a gooey base. Using both lemon juice and lemon zest gives it a bright boost of flavor.
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Blueberry Peach Slab Pie
Slab pie ups the crust-to-filling ratio, so it's sure to appeal to all the pastry lovers out there—and it yields enough to feed a big family, with enough left over to eat all week. (Barring that, it freezes exceptionally well.)
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3-Ingredient Peach Crisp With Granola Topping
Served with ice cream, this clever, granola-topped summer peach dessert couldn't be easier. Serve it with yogurt, though, and you've got an excuse to eat it for breakfast. Look for granola that holds together in clumps.
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Slow Cooker Amaretto-Poached Peaches
This peach dessert recipe was written so that you can throw everything in the slow cooker as you sit down to dinner, and have a gorgeous, fragrant, boozy confection waiting for you when it's time for the final course.
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Peach-Bourbon Jam
This simple jam is full of fresh peach flavor with hints of vanilla and bourbon.
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The Easiest Peach-Raspberry Pie With Press-In Crust
You don't need a rolling pin for this gorgeous pie! The simple press-in dough does double duty for both the crust and the crumb topping. Bonus: This recipe can also be baked in a muffin tin to make mini pies.
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Peaches Under Meringue
Sometimes the simplest combos are the best, and that's certainly the case in this easy summer dessert, where toasty meringue meets sweet-tart, juicy peaches. A sprinkling of crushed sesame candy or amaretti provides the finishing touch.
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Hot Water Peach Cobbler
As wild as it may seem, pour hot water over peak summer fruit and batter before sliding the lot into the oven for cobbler with an extra-crackly, extra-satisfying crust.
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Yogurt-Peach Semifreddo
Think of semifreddo as ice cream that you can make without the use of an ice cream maker: Whipping egg whites into a glossy meringue introduces enough air into the mix that it stays soft and creamy when it freezes.
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Peach-Plum Galette
As long as it adds up to two pounds, any stone fruit you can lay your hands on will work beautifully here. Nobody's stopping you from making an all-peach galette, but a mixture of fruits looks especially pretty—and tastes especially good.
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