Vegan Peach Berry Crumbles
I’m not allowed to be vegan because:
I sometimes carry a pound of butter around in my purse.
I stir fry my tofu in bacon fat.
I seriously consider grating cheese on my pillow before I go to bed at night.
(ok… not really. that’s just weird.)
I think heavy cream should be awarded its own national holiday. I’d like that day off work too… sweet, thanks.
If a stranger handed me an egg. I’d eat it. I would.
Just because I’m not allowed to be vegan doesn’t mean that I can’t make a stellar vegan dessert from time to time.
This cobbler is such a delight… I’ll tell you what!
I made the whole recipe without measuring a thing. Not one thing! I looked at the recipe, read it through, then estimated the amounts. A little of this. A little of that… and BINGO! Success!
I encourage you to do the same thing. This recipe is loose enough for such brazen actions.
This vegan cobbler is simple and delicious.
Seasonal peaches and berries are baked with a bit of spice and loads of oat and maple topping.
Feel free to use any combination of summer fruit that excites you.
I made six mini cobblers, but you might want to bake up a9-inch square pan. Don’t be shy.
Beautiful and simple summer food. With cinnamon. Do this.
And the bubbled over berry goodness? Be still my heart.
Vegan Peach Berry Crumbles
inspired by my friends on Twitter and Post Punk Kitchen
makes 6 1/2-cup size ramekin cobblers
For the fruit:
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
1 1/2 cups fresh raspberries
2 medium sized ripe peaches sliced into 1-inch chunks
(if you’d like to use frozen fruit, just defrost and drain the juice.)
2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
a big pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
(pinch of ground ginger and ground cloves are also encouraged, but not entirely necessary)
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
For the topping:
1 1/2 cup old fashioned oats (i used quick cooking steel cut oats… mostly because i just bought the wrong kind… it worked out yummy!)
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons canola oil
2 Tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 Tablespoon water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, toss the berries and peach chunks with flour, spices and maple syrup. Set aside while you assemble the topping.
In a separate medium sized bowl, combine the oats, flour, salt and spices. In a small bowl whisk together the oil, maple syrup, vanilla extract and water. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and blend with a fork. Make sure all of the dry ingredients are moistened by the oil and maple syrup mixture.
Add half a cup of the topping mixture to the fruit mixture and toss together. Scoop fruit into ramekins, being sure to fill each cup to the top. Spoon and pat topping onto each cup. Sprinkle with an additional dose of ground cinnamon if you’d like. Place the six ramekins on a clean baking sheet and place in the oven. Bake for 35 minutes, or until bubbly and delicious.
Serve with vanilla ice cream topped with honey if you’re not vegan after all.












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I’m all for vegan desserts but I can’t help but think how amazing that crumble topping would be with BUTTER! Clearly, I am not vegan. PS I love those ramekins!
mmmm delicious!
Lovely, but I agree with Allie, butter woud be great! May I ask a question (I’m kind of ignorant here) so a cobbler is a crumble? and one could use ground almonds instead of oats, and other type of fruits?
A Cobbler usually has biscuit dough is on top of the fruit.
A Crumble has a more crumbly pastry mixture baked on top of the fruit.
…but I think people use cobbler, crumble, clafoutis, brown betty, crisp, etc.. all interchangeably.
Maybe it is because I grew up on blackberry cobbler in the south, but there is certainly a difference between a cobbler and a crumble. This is a crumble. Cobblers have a dense, cake-like consistency.
holy cow! you’re totally right! this is a crumble!!!
Haha, thanks. Whatever it is, it looks yummy :-)
LOL…cobbler, crumble, cookie, cake…
There’s all scrumptious lip-smacking snacks to me!
you’re right! i fixed it!
I am not vegan, but I can’t have the dairy products, so I am always on the lookout for delicious dairy-free desserts.
All the vegan cobblers that I have eaten have been dry as plain toast, but this recipe looks very moist and delicious. I think a trip to the grocery store is in order for me.
Thanks for the recipe!
Mmmmmm. Delicious! I’m bookmarking this :D I’m also ignorant… so cobbler is like baked fruit with crumble on top?
Oh, awesome! Finally a recipe I don’t need to measure ingredients because I still lack cups for cup measures. And it looks great – like a perfect summer dessert! Yummy. But, I don’t really know if I can get maple syrup here – Can I switch that with honey, what do you think? Thanks!
I would love this with a scoop of coconut milk ice cream!
How was the topping with oil in it vs. the usual butter? Do you think it tasted just as good?
it’s totally good! the flavor comes from the oats and the spices.
here is so many inspirations!
have a nice time!
Paula
I have to tell you: I love your blog so much, I’m always laughing when I read your posts! I’m so like you about the vegan thing, I just can’t! Butter, cream, meat, CHEESE are so natural for me… Anyway, Iove this recipe, but with a scoop of vanilla ice cream… no no, I can’t go furter…
Lovely summertime dessert! I like that you used maple syrup instead of refined sugar, and only a modest amount of oil in the topping: these are the changes I typically make to recipes, but there’s nothing I would change in yours. I love crisps/crumbles/cobblers for exactly the reasons you mention… you can swap in seasonal fruits to enjoy this dessert year-round (I’m bookmarking it for apple season!) and measurements are not all that important.
I also dabble with vegan recipes – in fact, I posted a recipe for vegan carrot cake ice cream a little while ago and will be posting a recipe for vegan blueberry cinnamon rolls tomorrow. A vegan diet is not in my future, but why not make a vegan dish every now and then?!
Have a great weekend, Joy!
I’m not vegan, but I love that this is just a little lower in fat than your average cobbler. What a fun recipe to play with! I am totally all ready for apples even though it’s a little early for them!
Looks perfect! I like to cook without measuring too: let’s put a little of this and that and see what comes out! Generally, it’s always good!
i’d say you’re totally allowed to be vegan with this recipe! it sounds and looks amazing!
This looks awesome. I bet your vegan friends love you, Joy. (If you don’t have any vegan friends, I’ll gladly volunteer to eat your vegan desserts.)
wow, you read my mind! i was wracking my brains trying to decide what to do with all these peaches that i’m swimming in. this looks delicious! i love vegan desserts — you can eat so much more and not feel guilty. thanks for the recipe!
Vegan or not – who wouldn’t like these? They look delicious —- especially the crust! Yum! =)
Is that an egg cup with ice cream in it??? I love you, Joy! :~)
“I think heavy cream should be awarded its own national holiday.”
I agree! And, how about a National Cheese Day.” You know, instead of hanging flags, you’d have to wear one of those Wisconsin cheese hats.
Ooooh, yum! I have been going crazy for all thing peach/berry. I made a blueberry peach tart last week (super yum) and am totally going to have to make these cobblers this weekend. I love the individual cobblers – that way no figting over who gets more yummy crumbly topping!
these are so pretty! Would they still taste good with cantelope?
stay away from baking melon.
Oh Joy, I want this for breakfast.. could you bring me one please..I will save my next cup of coffee for with it.. so you have time!
Looks like a crisp to me – not a cobbler. But maybe it’s only in the South, where I am, that we make such distinctions. In any case, it looks yummy!
you’re totally right, i fixed my misstep.
I’m lactose intolerant, so no butter in the topping sounds good to me!
haaaaa… frying tofu in bacon fat. so funny.
I love this website! Grating cheese on your pillow before bed time actually made be laugh out loud! Please don’t be weirded out but I’m convinced we could be friends if we knew each other in real life! Also, the dessert looks amazing. Thanks for the laugh!
Joy.. you’re wonderful. I myself am not a vegan, and never will be one, for the same reasons that you aren’t. I just love dairy products way too much. I do have friends that are vegan, and these look.. amazing.
That looks really good and I’m proud of you for going outside of your non-dairy comfort zone!
I’m now wondering what type of cheese would go best with the pillow. I guess it would also depend on the color/design of the pillow cover:)
This looks out of control. I KNOW I’m going to see ten tons of peaches at the farmers’ market tomorrow and now I know I’m going to have this on my mind when I do…we’ll see what happens but I’m pretty sure it’s guessable.
I’m not allowed to be vegan either. But it’s more to do with the steak and bacon I carry in my purse.
Well like you, we’ll never be confused for vegans, given our penchat for slathering anything we can get our hands on with whipped butter – but these cobblers do look completely fabulous!
I don’t carry butter in my purse but I have at least 3 types of butter and cheeses in my fridge at all times. If I find cheese scented air freshner, I’ll send you some.
This looks incredibly yummy, Joy! And the lack of butter justifies taking an extra serving, right? ;p
you’ve done it again! stolen my heart via my stomach. i will be making this.
Wow! it’s soooo peach season right now. These look wonderful!
You are an inspiration and I hope you have a lovely day!
LOL!! You ROCK and yer funny too! Thanks for the tofu fried in bacon tip! I was looking for a tofu recipe that made the glutinous stuff palatable…
*love*
I think you must’ve taken a sneak peak at my kitchen when deciding to post about peach berry crumble. Yesterday was spent picking obscene amounts of organic strawberries & blackberries at Swanton Berry Farm (near Santa Cruz), and I have a huge number of peaches just coming into ripeness sitting on my counter. And I’m going out of town next week. I need something to do with all this fruity goodness. (Baked a blackberry pie already last night). Soooo, this is PERFECT. Thanks Joy!!
I’ve got this grand idea of putting the crumbles together and freezing them in the ramekins. Then taking them out to bake when I’m actually around. Do you think this will mess with the flavors/consistency at all?
These look amazing. As a vegan, a tip of the hat to you, Miss Joy! Way to spread the word that vegan desserts can rock, too. ‘Cause they totally can.
What a wonderful use of all the juicy summer fruit we have access to here in California… This looks like a great treat to ease from summer into fall… Beautiful photos, and thanks for sharing this recipe, Joy! I’ve tried many recipes of yours before and won’t hesitate to put this one into action!
I love easy fruit desserts. Almost always estimate their amounts!
Hi Joy,
My name is Van, I’m from Canadaland, and I just wanted to send a big THANK YOU your way for a couple of reasons. FIrstly, you love food – your passionate and that’s clearly evident in your oodles of blog posts PLUS it’s just so nice to see a baker that uses her heart and her mouth… equally. (That sounded bad…) Secondly, you’re smart about food and whitty too – it’s most enjoyable to read your blog.. honestly I’ve scoured the interwebs looking for good baking blogs and your’s is easily the best. I check your site at least twice a day, it’s just cause I can’t get enough Joy in my life…teehee.
Keep on truckin’ errr um…bakin’!
-Van
So colorful! Looks absolutely delicious!
Oh, yum, a crumble! These look comforting and delicious.
Oh, and I’d eat the egg too.
I… have had a stranger hand me an egg, and I ate it. Dead serious. It was possibly the most delicious egg I’ve ever had, too.
This looks great…and you really made me laugh with your list of reasons you can’t be a vegan…thanks!
These look SO good!! Definitely have to try this SOON!!!
i think i’m in love, but it makes me kinda nervous to say so.
Love it!!
There’s a reason why some religions don’t allow bacon — it makes grown men (and women) fall to their knees and worship its crispy chewy salty fatty goodness. I read Janine Garafolo forsook (is that a word) vegetarianism ultimately for bacon. It’s seriously that good.
That said, I love the occiasional vegan repast. We have a restaurant (2 actually) here in the DFW area that make me feel so virtuous after eating there. Mmmmmm….. It just seems like you’d need a minor in chemstry to get the vegan thing right. Did you read Natalie Portman’s bit on the HuffPo about why she’s vegan? It’s all be cause of Tobey Maguire’s chef. Sure, if I had a vegan chef it would be so easy. Duh! Why didn’t I think of that?
ps. I made the molasses chocochippies today. Had to leave the dough in the fridge while I ran around. Man oh man. The sea salt makes all the difference. I just snuck one. Hopefully my 5 yr old won’t notice that there are now 8 and not 9 cookies. The things one could do with the dough! Nuts would be good too. Yummy.
I love that you carry a pound of butter around in your purse because I sometimes do that too… NO shame!! And no, I could never be vegan either. Not allowed. But I do have to say this crumble looks quite fabulous. I can have my butter for breakfast the next morning :)
I am vegan, and I will make this scrumptious looking cobbler with vegan Earth Balance Buttery Spread instead of canola oil. And I eat it still warm from the oven with a big scoop of Purely Decadent Vanilla Bean Coconut Milk ice cream! Can’t wait!!!!!!!