Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

This easy Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler is vegan, allergy-free, made with sweet fresh peaches, and a buttery biscuit topping! A homemade old-fashioned Southern dessert recipe that’s simple and quick, but out of this world delicious! Don’t forget to top your “hot from the oven” serving with some dairy-free vanilla ice cream!

O my goodness! Where have you been all my life? The only thing you should be doing with your fresh, juicy, sweet peaches this summer is making this gluten-free peach cobbler recipe! Peaches are great on their own, of course. Nothing beats that first bite of a fresh juicy peach, come summer (basically the moment summer officially begins), but WOW, it’s cobbler time! If you happen upon this recipe in the winter, have no fear, of course, we have some time-saving hacks if the real deal is “out of reach”!

What is a cobbler?

You know I love my food facts, and I think I addressed this when I made the gluten-free apple crisp. Crisp, crumble, cobbler, buckle…so many names! Regardless, they all revolve around fruit (usually) but sometimes a savory filling and some sort of biscuit, batter, or crispy topping. A cobbler, in particular, comes with many variations and will depend on where you live and/or what you grew up eating!

A cobbler originated in the UK as a savory or sweet filled casserole, topped with a biscuit, batter, or dumpling, and baked. The Americanized version, especially popular in the South, resembles a “deep dish pie” with a thick crust on top and sometimes bottom. Some are made by pouring the batter in the pan first, fruit on top, and baking to allow the batter topping to rise. Other versions (like my recipe below), begin with the fruit on the bottom and a sweet buttery biscuit batter on top.

The top essentially looks “cobbled” or broken up like cobblestones. Whichever way you’re accustomed to making it, no way is a bad way, haha!

What Ingredients You Need for Homemade Peach Cobbler

You don’t need many ingredients for a perfect gluten-free vegan peach cobbler! It’s also quicker to make than you’d think and it’s made all in one dish!

For the peaches:

• Peaches (fresh, canned, frozen)
• Granulated Sweetener
• Brown Sugar Sweetener
• Corn or Arrowroot Starch
• Lemon Juice
• Cinnamon

For the biscuits:

• Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour
• Granulated Sweetener
• Brown Sugar Sweetener
• Baking Powder
• Vegan/Soy-Free Butter
• Unsweetened Non-Dairy Milk

What Kind of Peaches to Use for the Cobbler

You can use fresh, canned, even frozen! However, I URGE you to use fresh! Fresh yellow peaches are best for cobbler. If using canned, pick peaches in 100% juice and drain them completely. If using frozen peach slices, look for peaches with no added sugar, preservatives, etc, and allow them to thaw completely (drain any excess liquid).

How ripe should the fresh peaches be?

You want the peaches to be just soft to the touch. NOT too ripe, not too hard. There should be some give when you press them with your thumb, but if they are too ripe, you’ll have a mess when trying to peel and cut them!

Should you peel fresh peaches for cobbler?

Traditionally, yes, you do peel the peaches (to my sad fruit-skin-loving self). However, if you’re short on time or don’t care about texture, you don’t have to peel them. The skin softens enough once baked that you don’t really notice. But, it really is worth it to peel the peaches though…promise.

Slices or cubed?

I went with roughly “rustic” cut slices. You can cut the peach slices further into cubes too. Easier to eat perhaps…

How to Make Peach Cobbler From Scratch

This vegan peach cobbler is going to be made all in one casserole dish. The baking dish should be deep enough to hold all the gooey, juicy, peach goodness, so I used a standard 2 1/2 quart oval casserole dish. Any oven-safe baking dish that holds at least 2 1/2 quarts will be fine.

How to make the peaches:

1. First, wash, and peel your peaches (if you are peeling them).
2. Cut the peaches into slices (I simply cut the sides and then into rough slices, leaving the pit, nothing fancy). You can also cut the slices further into rough cubes.
3. Grease your casserole dish with some vegan butter and place your cut peaches into the casserole dish. Add the sweeteners, starch, lemon juice, and a dash of cinnamon, before tossing together with your hands to fully coat the peaches.
4. Pre-bake the peaches for 10 minutes at 425°F.

How to make the gluten-free biscuit topping:

1. Mix together the gluten-free flour, sweeteners, and baking powder. Add in the cubed (room temperature) butter and knead everything with your hands to break up the butter. Then add in the milk and mix it all around (the dough will be wet and sticky if not, add more milk).
2. After the peaches have pre-baked, form 6 (flat-ish, kind of like burger patties) biscuits, and top the pre-baked peaches with these dough biscuits (it’s fine to be messy and if they aren’t uniform, this IS a cobbler!).
3.  Sprinkle some extra sweetener over the tops of the biscuits and bake the peach cobbler in the oven again for about 25 minutes, until the biscuit topping is golden brown!

Peach Cobbler Tips

Is your cobbler too gummy?

This means your over mixed and mashed your peach filling. Be gentle when folding in the sweeteners and starch. This may also mean you added too much starch.

Is your cobbler runny?

This means you need to add more starch! This recipe calls for 1 tablespoon of corn starch. If you want a thicker filling, add an extra tablespoon or 2 of starch.

How long can your store the cobbler?

You can store your baked and cooled peach cobbler in the fridge, covered in its casserole dish for 5-7 days. Reheat as needed in the oven or microwave to warm.

Can you freeze peach cobbler?

You can make the peach filling ahead of time and store it in a Zip-Lock bag, flat in the freezer. Thaw the filling in the fridge, when you’re ready to bake the cobbler and just make the biscuit dough before baking. This was you can use those fresh peaches when they’re in season, but have a fresh peach cobbler in the winter!

You can freeze the entire finished peach cobbler in the freezer as well in an airtight container and thaw as needed. This biscuit topping will lose some of its crispness, but you can revive it by giving it a toast in the oven when you warm it!

What to serve with your peach cobbler?

The most obvious choice for this warm, sweet, buttery summer dessert is a nice big scoop of vegan vanilla ice cream, of course! Topping the hot-from-the-oven cobbler with cold vanilla ice cream and letting it get all melty…heaven! (This also means you should eat your cobbler with a SPOON, not a fork!)

Is this a Healthy Peach Cobbler Recipe?

If you ask me, yes, but we aren’t compromising on taste at all and it STILL tastes like your Southern grandma’s family recipe…promise! However, it is…

• Gluten-Free
• Vegan
• Allergy-free (Dairy-Free, Soy-Free, Egg-Free, Nut-Free, Peanut-Free, Wheat-Free, Sesame-Free, Corn-Free, Coconut-Free)
• Oil-Free
• Sugar-Free (besides the natural sugar)
• Kid-Friendly
• 100% Homemade with REAL Fruit

Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler Recipe

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Literally, this peach cobbler is LIFE-CHANGING! I will never look at summer peaches the same way. This long for a vegan gluten-free cobbler? If you’re like me, then you need to jump on the peach cobbler train ASAP (today, no delay!).

Try These Other Fruity Summer Desserts:

• Strawberry Cappuccino Ice Cream
• 2-Ingredient Strawberry Mango Popsicles
• Skillet Blueberry Crisp For Two
• Southern Vegan Banana Pudding
• Raspberry Mug Cake
• Paleo Strawberry Coconut Thumbprint Cookies

So tell me:

+ What’s you’re favorite way to use peaches? What’s your favorite fruit to use for a cobbler?

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