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This old school Easy Brown Sugar Peach Cobbler is the sweetest use for mid/to late summer peaches. Every spoonful is layered with juicy, sweet summer peaches, rich butter, vanilla, warming cinnamon, and plenty of brown sugar to sweeten the deal. The peaches are juicy, while the topping is crisp on the edges, soft in the center, and extra buttery. Top with vanilla ice cream and salted maple butter for the best peach treat of the summer.
It’s finally here! Friday, the weekend, and time for me to share my favorite peach recipe yet, the simplest old-fashioned peach cobbler. Oh, how I LOVE this cobbler. I spent days perfecting the recipe and have been dying to share the final version.
With today being the last Friday of July, I knew it was the perfect time for a peach recipe. The juiciest, sweetest summer peaches are all filling up the grocery stores, farmer’s markets, and roadside farm stands. And I know just what to do with them.
It’s prime-time peach picking season!
Before summer began, I knew I really wanted to share a peach cobbler recipe. It’s a recipe I haven’t played around with much because I just love the idea of an old-fashioned-style peach cobbler.
One with the sweetest peaches, a “self-made” caramel-like sauce, and vanilla cake-like biscuits on top. Oh, plus ice cream, of course.
This took me time to get just right, but the simpler I made the recipe, the better it became. This is the best peach cobbler.
The details
Start by melting the butter. I like to throw a baking dish with butter into the oven to melt and get a little browned.
While the butter is melting, mix up the batter. It’s simply, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and a sprinkling of cinnamon. Then add in the milk and vanilla to create a pancake-like batter.
The rest is just assembly. You need to toss the peaches with some brown sugar, then layer half of them over the melted butter. Next, pour over the batter and then layer the remaining peaches over the batter.
No stirring is allowed, this is the secret, and what makes this cobbler extra special.
As the cobbler bakes, the butter bubbles up over the topping. This helps to create delicious, golden, crisp edges all while forming a caramel sauce underneath.
The peaches on top caramelize as they sink into the cobbler. Between the rich buttery caramel sauce, crisp edges, and sweet peaches, it’s truly magic.
While the cobbler bakes, I make the maple butter. Just butter, maple, and sea salt. This is not a must but it is really delicious when spooned over the warm cobbler with vanilla ice cream.
The one thing you must do is serve this warm, while the juices are bubbling up, and everything is smelling incredible.
This is a classic summertime dessert that really should be happening on a weekly basis throughout August. It’s dangerously delicious, dangerously addicting, and all-around perfection!
Looking for other summer peach desserts? Here are some favorites:
5 ingredient Raspberry Peach Sherbet
Nonnie’s 5 Ingredient Peach Dump
Cinnamon Maple Brown Butter Blackberry Peach Crisp
Lastly, if you make this Easy Brown Sugar Peach Cobbler. Be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
Old School Easy Brown Sugar Peach Cobbler
Servings: 8
Calories Per Serving: 392 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) salted butter, cubed
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup light or dark brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 5-6 peaches, cut into 8 wedges
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
Maple Butter
- 4 tablespoons salted butter
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 375° F. Drop the butter into a 9×13 inch baking dish and place the dish in the oven to melt, about 10 minutes. 2. To make the batter. Stir together the flour, 3/4 cup brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Add the milk and vanilla, mix until just combined. 3. In a bowl, toss the peaches with 1/4 cup brown sugar and the maple syrup. 4. Layer half of the peaches over the melted butter. Then, pour over the batter, do not stir. Layer the remaining peaches over the batter. Bake 50-55 minutes, until the center is just set and the edges begin to brown. 5. Meanwhile, mix the butter and maple together in a pan. Boil 2 minutes, then remove from the heat.6. Serve the cobbler warm or at room temp with ice cream and maple butter drizzled on top.
I’m sorry but this is a no. It’s hard to find anything that beats my grandma’s peach cobbler recipe. This batter is too thin and the whole thing just falls. I’m glad others have enjoyed it though.
Sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy the recipe Mary, thanks for sharing your feedback! xx
Wow!! I made this cobbler and then chopped it up and added it to a perfect vanilla homemade ice cream recipe! I toasted a brown sugar pop tart and warmed up the maple syrup sauce for what is surely one of my favorite desserts I’ve ever made! I’d love to share a pic but can’t figure it out!
Hey Lara,
Awesome!! I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe, thanks so much for making it! Sorry, we don’t allow people to share photos here:) xTieghan
Sooooo yummy! Made it in 8×8 pan cut the batter recipe in half. Sweet as is without the maple butter sauce but definitely the vanilla ice cream!! Will be making this again!
Hi Jayne,
Amazing!! I am thrilled to hear that this recipe was enjoyed, thanks for making it and sharing your review! xxT
Does it need the maple
Butter drizzle? Seems also sweet already. Anyone?
Hi Beth,
Feel free to skip it, totally up to you:) I hope you love the recipe! xTieghan
This recipe is very similar to one I have had for years.. A friend just messaged me on Instagram how great it is.. So here I am signing up on this site.. lol. We live in an AG area of California.. of which we get fresh fruits all summer.. I have a box of Wolfe Peaches I will be making this with..Ha! if you are ever in Brentwood Ca. look us up mikesupick.com
Hey Jami,
Thanks so much for sharing! I hope you love the recipe, let me know how it turns out! xTieghan
The reviewers mentioning too much butter obviously seem very sensitive to butter because this was so perfectly buttery and flavorful, the whole family enjoyed it! Even my picky toddlers!
Hey Jay,
LOL thanks so much for making this recipe, always a win when the little one enjoy right?! xTieghan
Use 4 T in bottom of pan. 8 was too much!
good to know!
Thanks for sharing your feedback Kimberly, it’s meant to be buttery:)
What did you add to the butter and maple syrup in the video?
She added vanilla extract and salt but I messaged her and she said those were optional
Thanks Jay!!
Hi Anita,
So sorry, you can add a splash of vanilla if you want, otherwise it’s just butter and maple syrup:) Let me know if you give the recipe a try! xx
I made according to recipe using 3/4 c brown sugar & it turned out well – plenty sweet. No need to peel peaches. I prepared it earlier in the day & just kept it covered in the fridge until it went in the oven. I agree with others who suggest using more peaches or a smaller dish. Next time I may cut the butter in half just because 2 stick is a lot of butter!
Oops typo. 1 stick.
What a payoff for such an easy effort. The maple butter drizzle – perfection. Thank you! Used my first Palisade Peaches of the season.
Hey JoAnn!
So glad to hear this recipe was a winner, thanks a lot for trying it out! xTieghan
Hi Terry,
Happy Sunday!! Thanks so much for making this recipe, I am so glad it was a hit! xTieghan
I made this recipe as per the instructions as best I could; as others have pointed out the brown sugar amount in the ingredients and in the directions don’t match up. I decided that to use 3/4 cup of brown sugar in total. I had what looked to be smaller peaches so I used 6 instead of “4 or 5”. The Instagram video was not up when I was making this…there has to be 7 or 8 large peaches in the demo. Half my peaches didn’t even cover the bottom of the 9×13 pan. When Tieghan put “half” of her peaches in, it looked like more than my total amount. The batter was super thin. I’m thinking this should have been done in a 9″square pan, if not 8″. It did taste good…but was more like peaches in pancakes consistency than a cobbler.
Same thing happened to me with the pancake part. So we’re going to eat it as peach pancakes this am. Dessert turned breakfast! lol but I am wondering if we overmixed the batter..?
Hi Chris,
How did you mix the batter? If you used an electric machine that definitely could have been your issue!! xx
Hi John,
Thanks so much for giving the recipe a try, sorry to hear you had some issues. I can assure you, I only used 5 peaches in the recipe, they definitely could be bigger than the ones you used. The great thing about this dessert, is you could really add more or less to your liking and it’s really not going to mess anything up. As for the brown sugar portion, that has been fixed…3/4 cup in step 2 and 1/4 cup in step 3 equally a total of 1 cup. I hope this clears things up for you! Let me know if you give it another try! xTieghan
Hi Tieghan
Made this a second time…found some larger peaches! Our growing season is later than in the US. Using 5 peaches nearly filled the pan, compared to the last time using 6 didn’t even come half way up. In the oven now, but if it tastes as good as last time, it’s a 5 star…I did use 1/2 cup of heavy cream with 1/2 cup of milk to try and thicken the batter a little. Hopefully it turns out.
Awesome!! I hope it’s delicious! Thanks for making the recipe again John!
Could you use a different kind of flour besides AP? Thanks! Love your recipes & content!!
Hi Andrea,
Sure, you could use an equal amount of gluten free flour! I hope you love this recipe, please let me know if you have any other questions! xx
Your recipe says 1 cup brown sugar but uses ½ cup for the batter and ¼ cup to toss with peaches. What about the remaining ¼ cup?
Hi David,
The recipe calls for 1 cup of brown sugar, 3/4 cup is used in step 2 and 1/4 cup is used in step 3. I hope you love the recipe, please let me know if you give it a try! xx
Do you peel your peaches?
Hey there,
I did not peel my peaches:) Let me know if you give the recipe a try, I hope you love it! xTieghan
This was so good! It was so easy and definitely a recipe that I will make again. I did put a 1/2 cup of brown sugar with the peaches and let them sit for over an hour because mine were hard and not as ripe as I wanted them to be, but I couldn’t wait to make this recipe. It is delicious! Thank you Tieghan!
Hey Devon,
Happy Sunday!! Thanks so much for making this recipe, I am so glad it was a hit! xTieghan
This looks delicious! Can I use nectarines instead of peaches? I have a box I need to use up.
Hey Melanie,
Sure, nectarines would be great too! I hope this recipe turns out amazing for you, let me know if you give it a try! xx