Peach Butter Crumble Bars
Delicious dessert bars made with homemade peach butter and a buttery, brown sugar crumble topping. SO delicious and so easy! Even the homemade peach butter is incredibly easy.
Servings 12 bars
Ingredients
For the Peach Butter:
- 1 and 1/2 pounds ripe peaches, diced No need to peel
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- pinch of salt
- 1 and 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
For the Peach Bars
- 1 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup of the above peach butter
Instructions
- Make the peach butter: Combine all ingredients in a large pot over medium-high heat on the stovetop. Stir occasionally, until the peaches have cooked down and are very tender (20-25 minutes). Use a hand blender or carefully transfer to a regular blender and blend until smooth. Return the mixture to the pot, and continue to cook over medium/low heat, stirring occasionally, until thickened (40-45 mins). Let cool slightly, and pour into a jar or tupperware container. Store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. Yield - 2 cups peach butter.
- Make the bars: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8x8 pan with parchment paper and set aside. Mix together the flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add the melted butter, and stir until you have a crumbly mixture. Reserve 1 cup of the mixture for the top of the bars. Press the rest of the mixture into the bottom of prepared pan. Bake for 12 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes (This is a good time to pour your peach butter into jars!). Evenly spread one cup of the peach butter over the baked crust. Sprinkle the reserved 1 cup of crumble mixture over the top of the peach butter. Return to the oven and bake for 24-27 minutes - the topping will look cooked and lightly browned.
- Serve + Store: Let cool completely before cutting into bars, if you want nice neat squares. If not, dig in! Store leftover bars at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Notes
NOTE: Don't be freaked out by the long cook time! Much of that time is just the peach butter doing it's thing in the pot. It needs minimal supervision.
NOTE: Peach butter recipe adapted from Food52.
NOTE: This peach butter recipe can be doubled (or quadrupled!) with great results. Yes, I DID make a quadruple batch. I'm freezing half of it for the winter!
NOTE: Uses for the remaining peach butter: Stir into yogurt, spread on toast, eat straight from the jar with a spoon!
NOTE: The first nutrition info box below is for the bars with 1 cup of peach butter used. The second box is the nutrition info for the remaining 1 cup of peach butter.