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Fresh Peach Crumb Bars

Published on August 11, 2019 Updated on June 7, 2025 By: Tricia Buice
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This simple, easy recipe can be adapted to any of your favorite fresh summer fruits!

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Fresh Peach Crumb Bars with a buttery crust and almond flavored icing.

A plate stacked with fresh peach crumb bars drizzled with icing


 

This simple, easy recipe can be adapted to any of your favorite fresh summer fruits!

Everybody loves these delicious, easy to make fresh Peach Crumb Bars with an almond flavored icing. They’re terrific for any occasion like cook-outs, pot-lucks and summer extravaganzas.

Fresh ripe peaches make the best snack and desserts

There’s nothing like soft, fresh, dripping down your chin – juicy, sweet peaches baked in a simple crust to make me swoon. During peach season I often find myself walking through the kitchen picking up these tender, fuzzy fruits and inhaling the sweet aroma. I literally dream about these wonderful Peach Crumb Bars.

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

Ingredients Overview

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For the crust and crumble topping:

  • granulated sugar
  • all-purpose flour
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • ground cinnamon
  • unsalted cold butter cut into cubes
  • large egg

For the peach filling:

  • granulated sugar
  • cornstarch
  • ground cinnamon
  • large peaches, peeled and sliced
  • fresh lemon juice

Optional icing:

  • powdered sugar
  • almond or vanilla extract
  • milk

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 our 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

Overview: How to make fresh peach crumb bars

1. First prep the pan and preheat the oven

Lightly grease or spray a 13×9-inch baking pan.

If using a glass baking dish, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. If using a metal pan, preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. Next make the crumb mixture

Combine sugar, 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.

Gently press a little more than half the mixture into the prepared pan.

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

3. Prepare the peach mixture

Whisk together the sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon. Add the diced or sliced peaches and toss to combine. Drizzle lemon juice over the peach and toss to coat. Pour the peaches over the crust and spread evenly.

Using your hands, press together handfuls of the remaining dough to create clumps. Scatter the clumps and remaining crumbled topping over the fruit layer leaving some peaches showing through.

This freeform, easy dessert is perfect for the novice baker!

Fresh Peach Crumb Bars with a crumble topping ready to bake

4. Bake and cool

Bake for 45-55 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely then chill before cutting and icing. You can also skip the icing and serve the bars slightly warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. What an incredible treat!

A plate of fresh peach crumb bars drizzled with icing

5. Drizzle with icing and serve

Whisk together the powdered sugar, almond extract and milk, Drizzle the icing over the bars and serve. Enjoy!

Fresh peach crumb bars in a stack

Storing Peach Crumb Bars

These Fresh Peach Crumble Bars also travel well and keep for days when stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

If you love a good old-fashioned peach cobbler, you’re going to love this peach bars!

A plate filled with fresh peach crumb bars topped with a drizzled icing

Fresh Peach Crumb Bars

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Yield: 20
Course: Dessert
Author: Tricia
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5 from 383 votes
This simple, easy recipe can be adapted to any of your favorite fresh summer fruits!

Ingredients

For the crust:

  • 1 cup granulated sugar (222g)
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour (378g)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup unsalted butter cold, cut into cubes (8oz or 226g)
  • 1 large egg lightly beaten

For the peach layer:

  • ½ cup granulated sugar (110g)
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 5 large peaches, peeled and diced (about 4 to 5 cups)
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

For the icing: (optional)

  • 1 cup powdered sugar (115g)
  • 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 dark metal pan, or 375°F for a light metal pan. Lightly grease or spray a 13×9-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. Gently press a little more than half the dough into the prepared pan.  
  • OPTIONAL: you can also 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 pulse until the dough starts to hold together.

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 clumps and remaining crumbled topping over the fruit layer leaving some peaches showing through.
  • If using a glass pan, bake at 350°F degrees for 50-55 minutes or until lightly browned.  If using a metal pan, bake at 375°F degrees for 40-45 minutes. Cool completely then chill before cutting and icing.

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 for best results.
If baking at 375 degrees please check at 30 and 35 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 254kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 85mg | Potassium: 111mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 440IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg

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.

And who can pass on a slice of old-fashioned fresh Peach Pie? Not me!

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 this refreshing Peach Lemonade  too.

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545 Comments

  2. Katie

    4 stars
    These look great! I am hoping they freeze well as I would love to make a few batches up with ripe peaches and save them for school lunches 💕

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  4. Joan

    5 stars
    Have not made them yet but I will. Wanted to know if you can use canned Peach pie filling?
    Would you have to add anything to them? sugar etc? please let me know thank you
    Also can I use canned cherry pie filling

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  5. Tara

    5 stars
    If you follow the recipe it’s comes out delicious! Negative reviews must not be making these right . So ignore the negative ones & make these ! You won’t regret it

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  6. Kristen

    5 stars
    These were absolutely delicious! I have also made them with blueberries and they tasted so good as well. Thank you for such a delicious recipe.

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  7. Ed

    5 stars
    Wonderful desert!! I also added blueberries with the peaches which really added flavor. We were lucky to have really juicy freestone peaches and blueberries which made the desert perfect. Didn’t want ice cream so that I could just taste the desert by itself. Highly recommended for a family or guest desert!!

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  8. Bridget

    5 stars
    This recipe is so good! Very fresh and the sweetness is perfectly balanced. I also really love how soft the bottom crumble/crust turned out. Definitely will keep this one and make it again!

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    • Sally

      5 stars
      Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe. Every year I get quite a bit of peaches from my neighbor or my daughters best friend. I always put away a gallon bag to bake some peach bread in the winter. Last year I tried peach muffins and peach cookies, but wasn’t really happy with them. This recipe was so easy and so good. I was a little worried that there was too much liquid after I mixed the peaches with the ingredients but went ahead and used them as is and right now I was able to cut them into bars. I love that these bars are not overly sweet . Thank you again for sharing this recipe. I will definitely be making this again. 😋🙂

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  9. J

    3 stars
    The bars were kinda bland and needed more peach to help. I adjusted for double the egg as it was a bit dry otherwise.

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  13. Susan D.

    5 stars
    Amazing! Have made it twice. Followed the recipe exactly as written with the exception of not adding the icing. It didn’t need it. This recipe is a keeper!

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  15. Peta

    Tasty recipe! I had to use an extra egg in my base as it was very dry. I cooked mine in a thick ceramic tray and only had to cook it for 40 minutes on 350f. Was golden brown and cooked right through. I used 6 peaches and a whole punnet of strawberries with an extra tablespoon of starch for the additional fruit and it was the perfect amount to cover a single row of fruit over the tray. 🙂 I’d suggest using about 2/3 of the base on the bottom and a third on the top instead of half half as the base is very thin otherwise. I also added some lemon zest in my base mix too! 🙂

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  16. Joan MG

    5 stars
    I made this with fresh peaches, it was delicious!!! I’m going to make it with fresh apples today!! I’ll let you know how it turns out!!

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  17. Rosalie Troha

    2 stars
    The crust of these bars is very bland. I was so disappointed. They just don’t taste good. What a waste of 5 cups of peaches.

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  18. Online Sunshine

    5 stars
    The only change I made was using extra cinnamon based on another commenter. The bars turned out fantastic! So good, in fact, that I’m making another batch! I baked them in a deep lasagna pan that is white on the inside and gray on the outside. I cooked at 350F for 55 min and it was beautiful. The bars didn’t stay together enough to serve them as such, but nobody seemed to mind. I took them to work and everyone ate them up and complimented me on how good they were.

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  20. Denise

    5 stars
    Absolutely the best recipe ever using fresh peaches. They were sweet enough so I omitted the powdered sugar glaze. I will buy fresh peaches just so I can make this again. Easy to prepare using common ingredients.

    Reply