Peach Raspberry Fruit Crisp Recipe: Sugar and Gluten-Free

The whole family will love this kid-friendly, sugar— and gluten-free fruit crisp recipe, made with peaches and raspberries (or other seasonal fruits). It’s healthy, plant-based, wholesome, and beyond delicious!

Make a peach raspberry crisp with your favorite seasonal fruits that cook well in a pie. The whole family will enjoy this healthy, gluten— and sugar-free fruit crisp or cobbler recipe. The photographs for this recipe tutorial show a fruit crisp made with fresh peaches and raspberries. However, the easy step-by-step instructions below share how to easily include or substitute several other seasonal fruits, such as blackberries, blueberries, or apples.

Serve this delicious homemade crisp as a gluten-free breakfast for kids, or warm it with a dollop of vanilla ice cream for a delightful and healthy plant-based dessert made with whole foods! My family fell in love at first bite with the tangy, sweet flavor of this gluten-free fruit crisp recipe, and I think you will, too. You might also enjoy apple pie oatmeal, another healthy gluten-free breakfast that even kids can make!

Sugar and Gluten-Free Peach-Raspberry Crisp Recipe:

The garden is always abundant with fresh peaches, raspberries, and other seasonal fruits in the summer. Anyone with fruit trees or bushes on their property or who has access to readily available seasonal fruit is likely familiar with figuring out what to do with all the fruit that ends up taking over the kitchen counters. One summer, I decided to use some of the overwhelming abundance of peaches we had to make a gluten-free raspberry crisp. The next day, my family begged me to make my yummy fruit crisp again. Yes, this healthy homemade peach crisp recipe is that delicious, and I bet your kids will love it, too!

First published on August 14, 2015, this post is regularly updated to enhance its content and ensure it remains current. At its first publication, it was the only gluten-free peach raspberry crisp recipe on the World Wide Web. I even researched to make sure—lol! When I first started this website, Rhythms of Play, ten years ago, I used to think you couldn’t publish something if someone had already done it. How silly I was!

Since then, many other bloggers and digital magazines, both big and small, have published gluten-free or gluten-full peach-raspberry crisp recipes, with or without sugar, likely using the tips, variations, and recipe ingredient options in the instructions below. The same thing happened with my healthy, low-fat pumpkin cranberry bread recipe. If you choose to publish your version, please link back to this article as the source of your inspiration. Thank you for doing the right thing and making the World Wide Web a better place.

Related: How to Make the Best Tasting Green Smoothie Ever!

How to Make a Gluten-Free Fruit Cobbler or Crisp

I adapted this super yummy gluten-free peach raspberry crisp recipe from an apple crisp recipe in Mollie Katzen’s Moosewood Cookbook. The Moosewood Cookbook is one of my (late) mother’s favorite and most-used cookbooks, and it’s also become one of mine. It’s full of healthy, plant-based vegetarian recipes that I’m sure your family will enjoy, even if you occasionally eat meat.

For this healthy, gluten-free fruit crisp variation, I used fresh peaches and raspberries instead of apples, almond meal instead of flour, and maple syrup instead of honey (today, most experts don’t recommend cooking honey at high temperatures), and I left out the orange juice and spices because the peaches and raspberries add plenty of perfectly contrasting sweet and tangy vitamin C zing on their own. However, you can substitute any fruits and add the appropriate cooking spices that you think would complement the recipe, such as those recommended by Mollie Katzen in her award-winning cookbook mentioned above.

Or, Use This Recipe to Make a Fruit Cobbler or Crisp with Seasonal Fruits:

You can also use the fruit crisp recipe below to make a fruit cobbler with seasonal fruits that cook well. I’ve also created this healthy fruit crisp recipe with blueberries added. It is equally delicious, so you might also enjoy that variation. In the photographs, the wholesome, sugar and gluten-free fruit crisp variation is made with peaches and raspberries in the summertime.

You can use the same healthy fruit cobbler recipe with apples during the winter. Of course, I recommend purchasing the Moosewood Cookbook because Mollie, the author, inspired the many recipe variations found here. She knows her stuff when it comes to healthy plant-based cooking. If that interests you, her fantastic cookbook will become a treasured resource in your family, just as it has in mine. Add a splash of orange or lemon juice, a teaspoon of cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg to the mix, and follow the step-by-step instructions below.

You can substitute apples with raspberries, apples with blueberries, apples with blackberries, or a combination thereof. The list could go on and on. Of course, this healthy, sugar-free fruit recipe also makes an excellent blackberry crisp. Mmm-mm good! Blackberry cobbler has been one of my favorites since childhood, when my brothers and I would bring home bowls of fresh blackberries to make a fresh blackberry crisp or syrup after an adventure, wild foraging for berries in the woods surrounding our home.

I hope your family enjoys this healthy, kid-friendly dessert’s sweet, tangy flavor as much as mine! You might also enjoy this healthy homemade Pumpkin Cranberry Bread Recipe.

Gluten-Free Fruit Crisp Recipe Ingredients:

• 2-3 large peaches or 3-5 small peaches, peeled and sliced.
  • Or use apples sprinkled with a tablespoon of orange juice and add 1 tsp of cinnamon to the recipe.
• 1/2 – 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries (and or blueberries, blackberries, etc.).
• 2 cups rolled oats.
• 3/4 cup almond meal or almond flour.
  • Grind raw almonds in a food processor if you prefer fresh-ground almond meal.
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts.
• 1/4 cup chopped sunflower seeds.
• 1/2 tsp salt.
• 1/2 cup butter.
• 1/3 cup maple syrup

SuGar-Free Fruit Crisp or Cobbler VAriations and Ingredient Options:

• This delicious gluten-free cobbler recipe can feature a variety of different types of fruit.
  • Try making this homemade cobbler with just one kind of fruit, such as apples, peaches, blackberries, raspberries, or blueberries, or use a combination you enjoy.
    • Any fruit that cooks well in pies can be used as a substitute.
    • Use any fruit or combination of fruit you think would taste delicious.
    • For example, you can use various combinations of peaches or apples with raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries.
• You can substitute flour for ground almonds or almond meal, but the recipe would no longer be gluten-free.
• Experiment with your favorite ingredients and seasonal fruits.
• Add the appropriate spices for that fruit, such as cinnamon and apples, and enjoy!

Related: How to Make Chicken or Turkey Stock

Gluten-Free Peach-Raspberry Crisp Cooking Instructions:

Gather the ingredients from the gluten-free fruit crisp recipe on the list above, and follow the easy step-by-step fruit crisp cooking instructions below:

1. Slice and peel the peaches (or substitute with apples) and set aside.
   • Sprinkle the sliced apples with a tablespoon of orange juice when substituting apples.
2. Preheat oven to 375.°
3. Combine the oats, almond meal, nuts, seeds, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
4. Add the desired spices that complement the fruit if desired.
   • For example, add 1/2 tsp of cinnamon and 1/4 tsp of nutmeg if substituting apples.
5. Melt the butter and maple syrup together in a small saucepan.
6. Pour the melted butter and syrup into the bowl with oats and stir or fold to mix.
7. Grease a 9×9-inch square pan.
8. Place a layer of fruit, such as peaches or apples, on the bottom of the pan.
   • If you’re not making a fruit crisp with peaches or apples, layer that fruit, such as blackberries, on the bottom of the pan.
9. Toss raspberries (and or blueberries, blackberries, or another fruit) into the gaps if adding a second optional fruit.
10. Add half of the oat and almond meal mixture on top of the fruit.
11. Place another layer of fruit on top of the crumble mixture.
12. Crumble the remaining oat mixture on top to complete the fruit crisp.
13. Bake for 25-30 minutes, uncovered, at 375°F (cover if it browns too quickly).
    • When finished, the sides should be bubbling, and the top should be golden brown.

Fruit Cobbler Cooking and Serving Tips:

My family thinks a gluten-free peach crisp or apple cobbler tastes delicious, whether the peels are left on or peeled off. It is quicker and easier for kids to make this fruit crisp if you leave the peels on, but I like it better when the peaches or apples are peeled. My favorite way to bake this gluten-free fruit crisp recipe is in our convection oven to create a slightly crunchy yet deliciously chewy top.

Serve this tasty gluten-free peach raspberry crisp recipe warm from the oven, with or without fresh cream or vanilla ice cream, for breakfast or dessert, and watch everyone’s face light up with the delightful, tangy taste sensation. The whole family will love this fantastic fruit crisp as a healthy, kid-friendly breakfast and an easy, sugar-free, healthy dessert.

Gluten-Free Fruit Crisp Recipe the Whole Family Will Love!

The whole family will love this gluten-free peach raspberry crisp recipe. The peaches and raspberries in the fruit crisp in the photographs came straight from my (now late) mother’s garden. Harvest them as we did, or pick them up at your local Farmer’s Market.

Serve this healthy breakfast or dessert warm, straight out of the oven, with or without a dollop of fresh whipped cream. Alternatively, you can add vanilla ice cream and let it melt into the crisp for a tangy, sweet taste sensation kids and adults will LOVE—yum!

This gluten-free cobbler recipe is a fabulous farm-to-table recipe for the kids, whether you grow peaches or another fruit, or stop by your local fruit stand or farmers market. Try making this fresh fruit cobbler with peaches and raspberries in the summer or apples (add 1 tsp of cinnamon) throughout the fall and winter—happy fruit crisp-making. Enjoy!

If You Liked This Gluten-Free Cobbler Recipe, you might also like These Kid-Friendly Recipe Ideas:

• How to Make the Best Tasting Green Smoothie Ever! 
• Pumpkin Cranberry Bread
• Turkey Vegetable Lasagna
• Apple Pie Oatmeal
• Home-Baked Fries
• DIY chalk paint (for sidewalk art fun, not for consumption–lol!).