Easy Peach Crisp Trifle

Name: Easy Peach Crisp Trifle
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: PT-481887H34M12S
Ingredients: 1 1/4 c (100g) Rolled Oats or Quick Oats; 3/4 c (90g) AP Flour; 3/4 c (148g) Brown Sugar; 1/4 tsp salt, or 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt; 1/2 c (47g) chopped pecans (I use toasted, salted); 10 T (1 1/4 stick, 137g) Butter; 2 lb Peaches (4 large, or 6 medium), pitted and sliced into 1/2″ thick wedges; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Lemon Juice; 1/4 c (49g) Brown Sugar (light or dark); 1/4 c (49g) Granulated Sugar; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon; 1/4 tsp Nutmeg (freshly grated is best!); 8 oz. Mascarpone Cheese, room temperature; 16 oz. Heavy Cream; 3/4 c (75g) Confectioner’s Sugar, sifted; (optional) 1/2 tsp Natural Vanilla; 1 pkg (7oz.)Lady Fingers (Savoiardi); One fresh peach, pitted and sliced; Roasted Pecan halves or pieces; Mint leaves

08/17/2020 By Laura 25 Comments

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Sweet peaches with a buttery crisp and pillowy whipped cream! This Easy Peach Crisp Trifle is the perfect make-ahead recipe for a summer get-together. Keeps well in the fridge for several days!

Featured Photo for Peach Crisp Trifle showing the trifle from above with scattered ingredients including lady fingers, baked crisp and fresh peaches. blue napkin drapes in white background

Waiting. We all do it. We all have to do it. All the time. It takes patience. Sometimes we wait a short time, other times, it seems interminable. Whether it’s the addition of a new family member, beginning a new career, or an upcoming vacation, it can be tough to wait. But it’s exciting too, because we know something good is coming. Something worth the wait.

Whether waiting for big events, or just for a pizza to be delivered, it’s part of our everyday, too. Waiting is such a part of our life, songs have been written about it. Do you remember years ago, (this certainly ages me😳), there was a Carly Simon song about waiting used for a ketchup commercial. “🎶An-ti-ci-pa-a-tion🎵 is making me wait, it’s keeping me wa-ai-ai-ai-ai-ting.” And Tom Petty said it best when he sang, “The waiting is the hardest part.” So true, Tom, so true. But like Leslie Odom, as Aaron Burr in Hamilton, we all have things for which we can say “I’m willing to wait for it!” (“Wait for it, Wait for it!”)

Easy Peach Crisp Trifle photo showing the trifle from above with scattered ingredients including lady fingers, baked crisp and fresh peaches. blue napkin drapes in white background

And, this Easy Peach Crisp Trifle should be one of the things you’re willing to wait for! So worth the wait! Fresh peaches macerated in brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg exude a sweet peachy juice. That juice turns crunchy ladyfingers into shortcake as it coats them. This is all topped with a slightly tangy Mascarpone whipped cream and some buttery crisp topping. And I’m going to apologize right now for making a little extra of that topping. You can thank me (or berate me!) later. So Sorry (not sorry).

You’ll really want to make this and tuck it away in the fridge for all those flavors to just sink into one another. Literally. At least several hours. Maybe a full 24. Because you need to know, as good as this Peach Crisp Trifle is on day 1, it’s Crazily, Addictively, Awesome by day 2. Don’t even get me started on day 3. To quote Leslie Odom in Hamilton, “I’m willing to wait for it!” But don’t wait until day 2, just try to save some. I mean, we only have so much patience, right?

Shows slice of Easy Peach Crisp Trifle along with the 12-layered dish of trifle

So, put your Patient Pants on and make this lush Easy Peach Crisp Trifle Recipe! And, I’m curious, do you know any other songs about waiting. Because it is the hardest part, and I need a few more for my Patience Playlist.

And, be sure and head down to the bottom of this post to see who snuck into the photo shoot.😉

Enjoy!

And, if you’re looking for other easy summer fruit recipes, don’t miss these:

Fresh Peach Cobbler

The Best Peach Crisp

Meyer Lemon Blueberry Trifle

Brown Butter Blackberry Buckle

Strawberry Rhubarb Cherry Crisp (“Leftover Fruit Crisp”!)

Top of Peach Crisp trifle garnished with fresh peach slices

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This easy dessert will have everyone screaming for more. I know it looks like a lot, but you won’t believe how quickly it disappears.

I had wanted to make a no-bake kind of dessert, but peach crisp was calling me. And I knew I had to bake the crisp part, because, well, it has to be crispy. I suppose you could substitute granola for the crisp, but what wins the day here is the buttery flavor of that crisp! The recipe makes a bit more than I used in my crisp, but I’m not sorry. You can add more crisp to your layers, but I liked the ratio of crisp when I added 1 cup to each layer. That leftover will be great on ice cream!

The crisp is simple to make. Just pout all the dry ingredients (everything but the butter) into a bowl, and using a pastry cutter, 2 knives, or your fingers, cut in the butter until the pieces are the size of peas, or thereabout. Spread that mixture over a Sheetpan and bake 15-20 minutes, stirring once after about 8 minutes. Once the edges begin to brown (18-20 mins), take it out of the oven, stir a bit, and let it finish cooling to a nice crisp.

Process of making the crisp for the Peach Crisp Trifle — Assemble Crisp Ingredients in bowl

Process of making Crisp for Peach Crisp Trifle — Assemble Crisp Ingredients in bowl

What if I don’t have a trifle dish?

If you don’t have a trifle dish, you can make this as an “icebox cake” in a 13×9 pan – you know I’m a big fan (not an affiliate) of USA Pan. The volume of a 13×9 is the same as a standard trifle dish, and you’ll be able to fit each of the 4 layers in it just one each. So it won’t be the 12-layers you see in a trifle dish, but 4. Since I really like the layers to show, I used my trifle dish. My dish was a gift, (so I’m not sure where it was from), but it is much like this one. You could also use a clear bowl. Just be sure it will hold 12-14 cups total.

What can I use instead of Lady Fingers?

You really can use any type of cookie that is mildly flavored: vanilla wafers, graham crackers, digestive biscuits. These cookies might be perceived as “dry”, but they absorb the liquid from the peaches well, and turn into cake. You could also use a poundcake, homemade or storebought, just cut it into 1″ cubes and use those as the layers. But if you haven’t used Lady Fingers, give it a try, they’re awesome for a trifle!

Can I use fruits other than peaches?

You can use nectarines, and keep everything else in the recipe the same. Peaches and nectarines are good, because you will get a good amount of lovely juice as they macerate in the sugars and lemon juice. If you want to use berries, like sliced strawberries or raspberries, you’ll possibly want to omit the cinnamon and nutmeg from the fruit mixture but you could then keep the rest of the recipe as is. Or just check out my Summer Berry Trifle.

I can’t find Mascarpone cheese in my grocery.

A good substitute is Cream cheese. Just substitute 1 8-oz. block of cream cheese. You may want to soften it a bit before whisking with the sugar, as it is a little firmer cheese than mascarpone.