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A plate stacked with fresh peach crumb bars drizzled with icing

Fresh Peach Crumb Bars ~ there’s nothing like soft, fresh, dripping down your chin – juicy, sweet peaches baked in a simple crust to make me swoon!  This simple, easy recipe can be adapted to any of your favorite fresh summer fruits!

During peach season I often find myself walking through the kitchen picking up these tender, fuzzy fruits and inhaling the sweet aroma.  Sniffing peaches is a thing 🙂 Whether eaten out of hand, diced and added to a bowl of yogurt, or baked in a luscious dessert like these Fresh Peach Crumb Bars, peaches are an amazingly delicious fruit!
A baking pan with fresh peach crumb bars topped with a drizzle of icing

These easy dessert bars can be made with many kinds of fruit or berries or a combination of both!

A blueberry and peach combo would be nice here or your favorite stone fruit. Think apricots and plums – so good! Don’t forget about apples too. Apple crumb bars with an easy vanilla icing mixed with a little bourbon is sublime – oh yes!

 

A baking pan filled with fresh peach crumb bars topped with a drizzled icing

Here are a few tips for picking the best peaches for your Fresh Peach Crumb Bars:

  • Select peaches that are firm with no shriveled skin;
  • The peaches should be very fragrant, take a whiff;
  • The fruit should be slightly soft when gently squeezed;
  • Check for bruises and avoid damaged fruit;
  • Color is a good indicator of great fruit, pick those with deep, rich hues;
  • Large peaches have the most sugar, select medium to large peaches;
  • Buy local if you can. Local peaches spend less time traveling and more time on the tree to ripen!

 

 

A bowl of diced fresh peaches tossed in sugar

These fresh peach crumb bars are easy to make.

First, a simple crust is made with butter and a few basic pantry ingredients. Half the crust is pressed into a baking dish and the other half is reserved for the crumb topping. Next, peaches are peeled and diced and toss with lemon juice, sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon and poured over the crust. This freeform, easy dessert is perfect for the novice baker!

Fresh diced peaches spread over a crumb crust in a baking dish

Once the peaches are tossed in sugar they create a delicious syrupy sauce that keeps these bars juicy and loaded with peach flavor.

Fresh Peach Crumb Bars with a crumble topping ready to bake

 Top with the remaining dough, crumbled in clumps over the peach layer and bake for about 50 minutes. Done and done!
A plate of fresh peach crumb bars drizzled with icing

Refrigerate these Fresh Peach Crumb Bars before cutting for best results.

Once cooled and chilled, make a quick and easy icing by whisking together powdered sugar, almond extract and milk. Drizzle on top, cut into bars and serve!
Fresh peach crumb bars in a stack
These Fresh Peach Crumb Bars also travel well and keep for days when stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
A plate filled with fresh peach crumb bars topped with a drizzled icing
Make this easy crowd-pleaser with apricots, blueberries, blackberries or any combination you can dream up!

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A plate stacked with fresh peach crumb bars drizzled with icing

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5 from 13 votes

Fresh Peach Crumb Bars

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Yield: 20
Course: Dessert
Author: Tricia
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This simple, easy recipe can be adapted to any of your favorite fresh summer fruits!

Ingredients

For the crust:

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup unsalted cold butter, cut into cubes
  • 1 large egg, lightly beaten

For the peach layer:

  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 5 large peaches, peeled and diced
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

For the icing: (optional)

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 tablespoon milk (more or less for desired consistency)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F if using a glass pan, or 375°F for a metal pan.  Lightly grease or spray a 13x9-inch baking pan and set aside.

For the crust:

  • In a medium bowl whisk together 1 cup of sugar, 3 cups flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.  Using a pastry cutter, blend in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse sand.  Add the lightly beaten egg and mix until the dough starts to hold together, but is still crumbly.  ANOTHER OPTION: process the sugar, flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in the bowl of a food processor. Add the butter and process until the mixture resembles coarse sand. Add the egg and process until the dough starts to hold together. Press (gently) a little more than half the dough into the prepared pan.  

For the peach mixture:

  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon.  Add the diced peaches and toss to combine. Drizzle the lemon juice over the peaches and toss to coat.  Pour the peach mixture over the crust and spread evenly.  Using your hands, press together handfuls of the remaining crumb topping to create clumps. Scatter the clumpbs and remaining crumbled topping over the fruit layer leaving some peaches showing through.
  • If using a glass pan, bake at 350F degrees for 50-55 minutes or until lightly browned.  If using a metal pan, bake at 375F degrees for 40-45 minutes.  Cool completely then chill before cutting.  

To prepare the icing:

  • Whisk together the powdered sugar, almond extract and milk.  Drizzle on the bars just before serving.  

Recipe Notes

(adapted from allrecipes.com)
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.  

Originally posted July 2014, updated August 2019

Looking for more delicious peach recipes?

Finally, if you’re obsessed with peaches like me, you might also like this Easy Peach Crumble, or these amazing Peach Hand Pies.  Another favorite is our delicious Peach & Almond Shortcake recipe perfect for breakfast, brunch or dessert!  And, just when I think I’ve had enough peaches, I made these Ripe Peach Popsicles from The View from Great Island, and this refreshing Peach Lemonade from Chelsea’s Messy Apron too!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Tricia

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54 Comments

  1. Cindy says

    5 stars
    I have never before commented on a recipe on Pinterest. I made these today with gluten free flour and they are amazing. So easy and so delicious! My family loves them and I will be sharing them with friends as well. Thanks for the great recipe!

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    • Tricia Buice says

      Hi Cat. I haven’t tested these in an 11×7 inch pan but am sure it will be fine, just a little thicker. Note the temperature changes if using a glass pan vs. metal. I would start checking them at 40 minutes, but it will most likely be 45-50 minutes for baking time. Good luck and enjoy!

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  3. Sana says

    5 stars
    These were a hit with my family! Followed the recipe exactly, but substituted almond extract for vanilla as I didn’t have any almond at home.
    Will definitely make again 🙂 Thank you!

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    • Judy says

      5 stars
      Perfectly delicious! Every crumble dish I have tried through the years started out looking delicious but the final result was a sad disappointment. But these crumb bars are the answer to that. My husband had five once the bars cooled. Thank you!

      I used strawberries and blueberries along with the peaches and added lemon juice and lemon zest to the icing.

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  4. Merrilee Hupp says

    5 stars
    My husband and neighbor said these bars were the best they’ve ever tasted. I did not put the icing on top. Wondered if anyone had tried a sugar substitute like applesauce in the peach mixture.

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  9. Julie G says

    5 stars
    Another 5 * recipe! I used the food processor method for the crust and topping which made for ease of preparation. Got my husband to peel the peaches with me and I cut them up for the filling. This really was a breeze to put together. I baked mine in a metal pan, as directed, for 50 minutes. Only substituted vanilla extract for the almond in the glaze (I was fresh out of it) and glazed it with the same diagonal crisscrossed pattern as you did because it was so pretty. The crust was extremely tasty and the peaches were baked perfectly. They cut so nicely and I’m sending them to work with my husband for his co-workers. Of course we kept a few for ourselves! Your recipes are always tried and true…never fail for me.
    Hope you’re having a great summer Tricia! XO

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  27. Wendy says

    It's Monday. Is it too early for me to be planning what I am going to bake this weekend? I hope not, because once I saw these bars, I knew I had to make them asap…..because you don't live close enough to share. 🙂 I wish! My mom and siblings live in an area of SC where lots of peaches are grown (more than in Georgia!) . When I visit in the summer, I love to go peach picking. The orchard

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