Brown Sugar Peach Crumb Bars (2024)

Brown Sugar Peach Crumb Bars

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These flavor packed brown sugar crumb bars are made with a layer of gooey brown sugar peach filling topped with a buttery crumb topping. YUM.

Brown Sugar Peach Crumb Bars

Put all those juicy summer peaches to work with these buttery brown sugar peach crumb bars. Made with a tender and moist shortbread crumble and a homemade brown sugar peach filling these crumble bars are perfect for all your summer occasions.

Ingredients for these peach crumb bars

This is a winner of a recipe because it comes together in a pinch with just 7 staple ingredients like flour, butter, and brown sugar. We always have a bag (or three hehe) of Domino® Light Brown in our pantry for making emergency chocolate chip cookies and of course it comes in handy when you want to whip up these peach crumb bars too. The new Domino® Zipper Poly Bags have an airtight seal that keeps your brown sugar soft and moist so you never have to worry about it getting hard and clumpy. We love using brown sugar in these bars because it perfectly complements the bright, juicy peaches leaving you with a knock-your-socks-off-good crumb bar that everyone will ask for the recipe for.

Here’s your shopping list:

• Unsalted butter: Every crumb bar needs a buttery base. We like to use unsalted butter so you can control how much salt goes into your dough, but if you only have salted on hand no problem–just go down on the added salt by ¼ teaspoon!
• Domino® Light Brown: If I had to pick one sugar forever, it would be Domino Light Brown Sugar. It’s the perfect subtle caramel flavor and adds just the right amount of chew to these peach crumb bars. Plus it’s always soft and moist with a fine texture that bakes up beautifully.
• Vanilla extract: A splash of pure vanilla extract will elevate the flavor of your bars!
• All-purpose flour: You’ll use flour to thicken your homemade peach jam and also to bind your crumble dough together. I haven’t tried this recipe with whole wheat flour but it would probably be delicious.
• Baking powder: Just a ¼ teaspoon of baking powder will give your crumb bars a little lift and keep them from being too dense!
• Salt: A little salt goes a long way in deepening the flavor of sweets. You’ll use a pinch in the filling and some in the crumble bars to offset the sweetness.
• Peaches: The only ingredient you might not have lying around are the peaches, but you can snag some at your local farmers market all peach season long. Peaches not your thing? No problem–you can swap them out for any fruit of your choosing in the filling!

Tips for making the perfect crumb bars

These peach crumb bars couldn’t be easier to make, but we’ve made them MANY times this summer so we have all the tricks up our sleeves for you. If you have any questions as you make these feel free to drop them in the comments at the end of the post!

• Use ripe, high quality peaches: The quality of your peaches will really shine through in the final product, so make sure you’re getting your hands on fresh, ripe peaches.
• Cook some of the peaches and leave some slices uncooked: This will give you the perfect consistency in every bite with some jammy parts and fresh, juicy whole peaches.
• Don’t overmix the crumble: The crumble dough should be soft, buttery, and tender so be sure to not overmix it or it can get tough and dry. Only mix until the mixture just forms a dough and clumps together!

How to store peach crumb bars

We like to store these crumble bars in the fridge to keep them fresh for as long as possible. If you leave them out on the counter the cooked fruit can get a little funky and they get soggy. Store them in an airtight container or plastic bag in the fridge for up to 5 days for maximum freshness! If they last that long, of course.

Happy baking, my friends!

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