Easy Peach Bars with Raspberries

Summer fruits are the best and these buttery Peach Raspberry Crumble Bars use two sweet and colorful fruits that combine to make an easy and delicious dessert bar. To be honest I love these fruit bars for breakfast too!

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Looking for an amazing dessert that is so simple that you can make it all year round? You can use fresh fruit when it's in season, or you can reach into your freezer in the middle of winter and make this dessert with frozen fruit. Baking with peaches and raspberries always makes a tasty fruit pairing.

What is a crumb bar?

• Is it a cookie or a dessert? Well, it's kinda both and more!
• Crumb bars are similar to a crisp but the bars have a crust and a crumble topping that can be cut into squares.
• These bars became popular during WWII as a more economical way to make a dessert instead of a fussy pie.
• You can also make crumb bars savory by adding meat and vegetables and replacing the sugar with cheese, so now you have an appetizer or entree.

Ingredients

Tips for making fruit crumble bars

• Whatever fruits you use, try to cut them all to be the same size so everything cooks evenly
• Mix the fruit with cornstarch which will thicken the fruits juices during baking
• Can you use frozen fruits - yes you can, which is great because frozen fruit is always available just don't forget the cornstarch
• When adding the fruit mixture to the crust, don't add the juice at the bottom of the bowl, you just want the fruit.  The juice will make the crust too soggy and not so yummy!!!

Let's bake

Step 1. Prepare the raspberries and peaches first. Cut the peaches into small dice, about the size of the raspberries. Add the fruit to a medium-sized bowl and mix in the cornstarch and sugar until combined then set aside.

Step 2. In a large bowl add the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon then mix together.

Step 3. Cut the cold butter into cubes and add it to the flour mixture.  With a pastry blender or two knives, cut the butter into the flour until you have coarse crumbs.

Step 4. Beat the eggs with the almond extract and mix this into the crumb mixture until combined. It's easier to do with two forks.

Step 5. Place ⅔ of the crumb mixture in the bottom of the baking pan and press down to form the crust.

Step 6. Spoon the fruit over the crust. If there is juice at the bottom of the bowl don't add it. Too much juice will make the bars soggy.

Step 7. Loosely crumble the remaining crumb mixture over the fruit to cover. If the crumble mixture is soft, you can put this in the fridge for 5-10 minutes to chill up the butter, then crumble it over the fruit.

Step 8. Bake at 375 degrees F. for about 40 minutes until golden brown and bubbly. Remove from the oven and cool completely before cutting.

Crumble bars...it's a dessert love affair

Crumb bars  - are really one of the easiest desserts to make because the crust and the topping are made at the same time in one bowl, you don't even need any special equipment, so this dessert is a real-time saver.  Just press two-thirds of the crumble into the bottom of the pan and then sprinkle the other one-third of the crumble over the fruit. So, so easy!

Needing a great dessert for a cookout, a celebration, or maybe just a late evening treat, this is the perfect recipe.  These bars are super quick to make with just a few pantry ingredients plus the fruits.

Oatmeal, breadcrumbs, and nuts can be added to the crumble mixture to reduce the amount of flour

Bob's Red Mill Measure for Measure Gluten-Free Flour can be used instead of all-purpose flour for a gluten-free dessert.

Variations

Fruit - For today's crumb bars we are using fresh raspberries and fresh peaches, but, the great thing about crumble bars is you can add lots of different fruit combinations. You can even add three or four different fruits. Here are some suggestions

• Strawberries & Blueberries
• Raspberries & Plums
• Blackberries, Blueberries & Raspberries
• Peaches & Plums
• Apricots & Cherries

More fruity desserts

• Try this Orange Cream Dessert with the flavor of mandarin
• Baked Apples are a delicious fall favorite dessert
• This is a unique Cherry Pandowdy because it is cooked on the grill
• Skillet cakes are fun to make and this Cherry Apricot Skillet Cake gets turned upside down for serving
• Looking for recipes using candied fruit? Bake these crunchy Fruit and Nut Biscotti.

Don't forget to pin this recipe to your favorite dessert board

A delicious fruity slice

First published: April 11, 2020, Last updated: June Dec. 30, 2022, for better readability.

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About Jere'              

From learning to cook on a farm in Indiana to culinary school in California, my passion for food is never-ending.  Turning on my oven to bake something for friends and family is my happy place, and I am glad to be here at One Hot Oven sharing both sweet and savory family-friendly recipes for your cooking and baking inspiration.