April Townsend

Peach Crumb Bars Recipe

Ingredients:

cooking spray

Crumble and Crust:
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch salt
10 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
1 large egg yolk
1 tablespoon cold water

Peach Filling:
2 cups fresh peach slices
½ cup white sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat an 8x8-inch baking pan with cooking spray.

Step 2
Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Cut in the cold butter using 2 forks or a pastry cutter then slowly mix in the egg yolk and cold water.

Step 3
Press 1/2 of the crumble mixture into the prepared pan to make the crust.

Step 4
Stir together peach slices, sugar, flour, lemon juice, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and nutmeg until combined. Evenly add peach filling to the top of the crust.

Step 5
Sprinkle the remaining crumble over the peach filling.

Step 6
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and set 30 to 38 minutes. Cool bars to room temperature.