Peach Crumb Bars
My recent obsession with peaches started not long after crossing the Georgia state line en route to Florida on our vacation. My husband mentioned how we should stop to get a slice of peach pie since we were, in fact, in Georgia (the Peach State). I think my face lit up like a Christmas tree and then that was it – I had peach pie on the brain. We never stopped for pie since we were in the middle of a 16-hour road trip, but my craving was fulfilled a couple of days later when we couldn’t stop talking about peach pie and finally went and bought peaches and made a pie. It absolutely hit the spot and was probably the best peach pie I’ve ever eaten. And so my peach spree began.
I went to Sam’s Club the day after getting back from vacation and found one case of perfect-looking peaches. Every single one of them – perfect. How often does that happen?
I had to snatch them up, but then I had too many to eat in a reasonable amount of time before they would go bad. So I set off to make something fabulous with them.
These crumb bars combine the best of a peach pie and the best of a crumb cake into one amazing dessert. Since I loved the peach pie that we made so much, I used the same filling recipe for these crumb bars.
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I chose to dice the peaches figuring that it would make biting into the bars easier and less messy, but if you prefer slices you could definitely do that as well. Just make sure you add these to your “to do” list and enjoy every bite!
More fruit-filled baked goods:
Apple Hand Pies
Fresh Blueberry Pie
Russian Grandmothers’ Apple Pie-Cake
Fresh Strawberry Tart
Watch How to Make Peach Crumb Bars:
Peach Crumb Bars
Ingredients
For the Dough
- 3 cups (426 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (198 g) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) salt
- 1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
For the Filling
- 5 cups (770 g) diced or sliced peaches, about 7 peaches, peeled
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- ½ cup (71 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (198 g) granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) salt
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) ground nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan.
- Make the Dough: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Use a pastry blender to cut in the butter, and then the egg. The dough will be crumbly. Pat half of the dough into the prepared pan. Place the pan and the remainder of the dough in the refrigerator while you prepare the filling.
- Make the Filling: Place the diced (or sliced) peaches in a large bowl and sprinkle with lemon juice. Mix gently. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Pour over the peaches and mix gently.
- Spread the peach mixture evenly over the crust. Crumble the remaining dough over the peach layer.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until the top is slightly brown. Cool completely before cutting into squares. Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days. You can also freeze them for up to 2 months.
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These looked so good I decided to make them tonight. I gathered up all my ingredients, except the peaches (they were in the freezer and I left them for last, mostly cuz my freezer is kinda messy/exploded right now). Then I got down to prepping the pan and making the batter before remembering the peaches. I dug until I found them and bag of peaches was almost empty! Arrgh, what to do? I thought about just mixing some nuts into the crumb topping and calling it a coffee cake, but I had my heart set on tangy sweet peaches! I looked through the freezer again (ick, needs organizing, Martha’d yell at me) and I found some mangoes, so, long story, I’m making peach mango bars. I hope they turn out!
Sharing my recipe for peach crumb bars. I haven’t posted this yet in my blogsite.
PEACH CRUMB CAKE Serves 10
A new peaches cake to enjoy baking this weekend! And a delicious way to use sour cream (I just bought a huge tub of sour cream from Sam’s Club ).
2¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
¾ cup butter, softened
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon iodized salt
1 cup sour cream
canned sliced peaches or fruit cocktail, drained well
Preheat oven to 350°F. Pam-spray a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan, line with wax or parchment paper and pam spray again. Set aside.
In a large bowl and using an electric mixer, beat together flour, sugar and butter until blended and crumbly. Measure 1 cup of the crumb mixture and set aside to cover top of cake batter.
Add eggs, vanilla, almond extract, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sour cream to the remaining crumb mixture and beat until just blended; don’t overmix.
Spread half of the batter in the prepared baking pan. Arrange sliced peaches on top of the cake batter and cover with remaining batter. Sprinkle reserved crumbs on top of the cake batter and smooth evenly.
Bake in preheated oven for about 30 to 40 minutes or edges of the cake turns lightly browned. When wooden skewer is inserted in thick part of the cake, it will come out a bit wet. Cool slightly. Then turn out to a serving platter and cut into squares.
I made these tonight, but since I didn’t have fresh peaches (not in season) I used canned. While I am sure they are fabulous with fresh peaches, using canned works very well too. I used 3 cans of sliced peaches, but next time, I would increase that to 4 cans, for more fruit flavour. I also threw in 4 sliced fresh black plums, for added colour and flavour. It turned out very good, and a great way to enjoy this year round!
Thank you for the tip on using canned peaches, it’s great to know that they make a good substitute during the off-season months!
What pretty little bars! This is a wonderful, easy way to highlight peaches.
I haven’t had a peach-flavored treat in such a long time. This looks great!
These bars are absolutely gorgeous – what vibrant color! They almost look too pretty to eat!
Great photo and any peach is my favorite!
These have become a family favorite. Easy to prepare and great tasting. This time I’m adding organic raspberries! Thanks for a great recipe.
Pauline – I am so thrilled to hear how much you and your family have enjoyed these! And I love adding raspberries, awesome idea!
I was toying with the idea of adding a bit of strawberries to the peach mixture, but wasn’t quite sure. Now I am! I’ll do this for the next batch, which will be soon…..my friend is bringing down more fresh Georgia peaches next week. Yum. :D
PEACHY AND GREAT LOOKING
I just googled for a good peach recipe because I had so many from my CSA. I made these for when my parents and in-laws were here this weekend. They were a HUGE hit!! Thank you for posting this! I think they would be awesome with apples too. I have some of those from the CSA as well, so I might have to give it a try. :)
Dawn – Yay! So happy to hear these were a hit! Always lovely when you can please the in-laws :)
I had a few too many Farmer’s Market peaches and googled Peach Bars and landed here……YUM! I made the recipe the first time with 6 peaches and one BIG super-juicy mango and the bars were beyond delicious! The second time I cut the dough recipe in half (was running low on butter and flour), still used the peach-mango combo in the filling and baked the dish more as a cobbler with fruit on bottom and crumb topping…..served warm with vanilla ice cream and again, DELICIOUS! Thanks so much for posting this recipe!
Maureen – love the addition of the mango in with the peaches, YUM! Awesome idea!
Abosultely hands down the most amazing recipe for peach season!!! soooooo good with vanilla ice cream, and serious boy bait :)
Have made these two times in the last two weeks. Both times I used a combination of peaches, nectarines and plums. Being super lazy, I didn’t bother peeling any of the fruit and I used my food processor to make the dough. Boy, these are REALLY delicious!
I love to cook with fresh peaches. I am so happy I came across this recipe. Just one word YUMMY!!
Since finding this recipe, I have made these bars 4 times – in the last month! I get rave reviews from family and friends and no one is getting tired of them yet. I may never make a peach pie again.
I am making this today. I bought some vanilla ice cream to go along with the bars… I’m so excited! I’ve never made anything with fresh peaches before, thank you for the inspiration!
I couldn’t resist this recipe after looking at the photo. The peaches are perfection in northern CA this week. The recipe went together in two shakes and the bars were delicious!!! Thank you!
Made these just a couple of days ago and added blueberries and raspberries to the mix as well. These are fantastic, they remind me of a cross between a crumble and cobbler. To me they’re more of a dessert than a cookie. I had a bar today with a bowl of vanilla greek yogurt and a dollop of lightly sweetened whipped cream, heavenly!
I made this over the weekend and the whole family loved it!! I like it better than peach cobbler. Thanks!!!
Im going with my kids to Dutch Wonderland for the weekend, had some peaches and nectarines that werent going to make it, so I am so glad I found this.
It is in the oven now, it looks great and the peach filling tastes great, raw at any rate! :-)
This will be great to help save a few bucks in the park over the next couple of days!
Thanks!
Made this last night, very versatile recipe, could really do any fruit in there. Definitely going to keep the crumb part recipe as a great streusel topping for just about anything!
Peaches are my all-time favourite fruit. These look delicious. Thanks!
These bars ARE fabulous with apples, which I know since there are zero peaches worth buying in the midwest this time of year. The crust is what makes the dish, crumbly on top but nice and crisp on bottom. I think I’ll have to try adding this crust to a few other things. Cherries? Peanut butter bars? I’m drooling already.
Ooh, cherries! You’re a genius! Or can you imagine peaches and raspberries? The possibilities really are endless! :-D
Wow, I am drooling over these. Thank you for sharing!
These look awesome! I don’t think I’ve ever had peach pie but in lieu of trying it maybe I’ll just make these instead!
These were awesome. A little tartness with sweet. I shared this recipe with my Aunt and she made them as well and loved them. I am hoping they turn out just as good with frozen peaches since peaches are not going to be available much longer.
Bought some peaches today (gotta love SoCal!) just so I could make these bars for a party tomorrow! They look sooo good!
The bars look delicious!! Love peach-y desserts :)
These look really great – nice photos & I’ll be giving the recipe a try for sure. Gave the post a Stumble too!
Hi Michele,
I think these would be fabulous with apples! Yum!