Description
Brown butter peach crumb bars are the perfect summer dessert! Filled with a layer of sweet peach slices, you’ll love these simple and delicious crumb bars.
Ingredients
Crust & Crumbs
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- pinch of nutmeg
Filling
- 3 Tbsp sugar
- pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 Tbsp arrowroot starch
- 2 peaches, pitted and thinly sliced
- 1 Tbsp peach liqueur
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper.
- Cook butter in a heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until it foams, turns clear, and then turns a deep brown, about 6 minutes. Pour brown butter into a medium bowl and let cool slightly. Whisk in sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla until combined.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a medium bowl; add to butter mixture and fold in until incorporated. Reserve 1/2 cup of dough for topping (keep chilled); press remaining dough evenly into bottom of prepared pan. Bake crust for 14 to 16 minutes, until lightly golden and set. Transfer to a wire rack and cool for 15 minutes.
- For the filling, combine sugar, salt, and arrowroot starch in a medium bowl. Add peach slices and peach liqueur; toss gently to combine. Spoon mixture over cooled crust and crumble reserved dough over filling.
- Bake for another 40 minutes, until topping is golden and filling slightly bubbly. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Just before cutting, chill in the freezer for 10 minutes. Carefully lift parchment and place bars on a cutting board; cut into squares with a sharp knife.