Brown Butter Peach Crumble Bars.
Peaches are finally doing exactly what I’ve wanted them to do.
They are ripe, juicy, fragrant and perfect for chomping down on when the heat is suffocating and sweaty. A giant peach is refreshing and almost as perfect as a gooey triple chocolate fudge brownie. In a different way of course.
I can only imagine that this peach success is how one must feel when their child finally uses a potty. Or rides a bike without training wheels. Or makes their bed without being screamed at and consequently grounded from going to the homecoming dance. I feel so matronly. And feel equally as worse for my parents since I never, ever learned to make my bed. I mean… seriously, you just are going to get right back in it in a matter of hours, right? Why all the fuss?
I had been smelling these peaches on my countertop for days when it hit me that I needed to use them or lose them. It was into a baked good or into my mouth, and someone went a little buck wild in the produce section last week. Hey – I can only eat and drink sooo many berries. At least I didn’t thoughtlessly throw the peaches into my fridge as I do with so many other fresh items I buy only to remember then nine days later. My crisper drawer: where veggies go to die.
Look at these babies. Two words: Juuuuu. Seeee.
Enter blueberry crumble bars.
I made the gooey bars back in March – binded with butter and brown sugar and oats, bursting with popped blueberries – and almost ate a chunk of the actual pan because they were completely devourable. <— I do fun things like make up words.
The only difference here? Brown butter. Yes. Say it with me now. Broooown buttttter.
Brown butter is essentially butter (duh!) made even more delicious by browning (duh, again!) until it is deeply flavorful, nutty and bubbly enough to make you want to jump in the pan.
You can take away my all-purpose flour. You maaaaybe can even make me eat something sort of vegetable-like. But you can never, ever, ever take away my buttah.
[And can I say it’s healthy ’cause it’s brown? ‘Cause you know… that’s what I say. Too far? Too much… ?]
Ah… and here’s a peek at normalness. You know… things I do everyday. Things you might do. Pan straight from oven. Fork straight from drawer. Fork straight into pan. Steaming hot bars straight into mouth. Tastebuds immediately burnt off roof of mouth. You know… life.
Brown Butter Peach Crumble Bars
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
- 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour [or all-purpose]
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4 ripe, medium peaches, chopped (about 2 cups peaches)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, oats, cinnamon and salt and mix until combined. Set aside
- Heat a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the butter and stir continuously until it melts. It may bubble a little. As soon as you see small brown specks in the butter, remove it from the heat. This took me about 3 minutes. Add the butter, along with the vanilla, to the oat mixture. Stir until moistened. This may take a minute or two! Fold in the peaches.
- Butter and flour an 8×8 baking pan. Press batter into the pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes (the juicer your peaches are the longer you have to bake), the let cool completely – this can take up to 45 minutes! Cut and serve. Can be kept in the fridge or at room temperature in a sealed container.
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I’d like to offer you one for breakfast, but it seems that they’ve all disappeared. Which is sad considering I haven’t been able to taste a thing since these came out of the oven.
133 Comments on “Brown Butter Peach Crumble Bars.”
This looks amazing! I have been seeing cobblers and other types of bars similar to this on blogs. I think it’s a sign I need to make them. :)
Looks delicious…I just got a whole bunch of peaches this week from one of my coworkers…and I was stressing as to how I was going to eat peaches for the next few meals to get them eaten. Now, I’m gonna make one of these bars to use up at least 4 of them. Think they’ll be just as good with white peaches delicate flavor?
Yes for sure!
That recipe is super simple – my kind of recipe. Looks absolutely delicious.
I can envision these topped with a healthy scoop of vanilla bean ice cream perhaps? The addition of brown butter is just genius! Love that decadent flavor.
I definitely think ice cream would work!
Sweet, sweet peaches. I don’t think there is a fruit that I get more excited about than these fuzzy little guys. Deeelicious. I’m going to have to do some peach baking this week.
These look amazing! Wish I had known this last week when I had a bajillion peaches and I didn’t know what to do with them so I was averaging 3 a day in order to prevent them from going bad!
Um, yeah, I’m gonna need to make this! This looks delish.
Those elusive perfect peaches are so hard to come by, but they are the bearer of all good things in the world. Looks delicious!
My Mom was just telling me she was craving a dessert with peaches! This would be perfect! It looks so yummy!
I was just about to eat a peach but now I don’t even want it unless it looks like that pic above!! I think I need to save it for a little backing tonight — looks delish!!
ohhhhh baby. come to me, peachy deliciousness.
You got me immediately with the “brown butter” in the name.. sounds like carmelized perfection!
Peach cobbler is an essential summer treat! This version with brown butter sounds like it would be melt in my mouth heaven!
Holy wow, this looks amazing. I don’t know why, but the title of your post just made my heart skip a beat. Butter, brown sugar… peaches… ah! I need to make these gluten free + dairy free so I can chow down on them too!
I made these today….they were awesome! My peaches were pretty good….I can only imagine how great they’d be if I had amazing peaches too! Thanks for the recipe.
PS – I decided I needed to make both recipes….the peach and the blueberry so I could compare. Both were so great that I can’t decide which one I like more. The peach ones hold together better but the blueberry ones have so much great blueberry taste! I think next time I might combine peaches and blueberries into the same bar.
Thank you for letting us know!! Now I have to try both too..
I was so excited to see this recipe and then realized that we just have ONE peach left and 6 nectarines. Wonder if nectarines would work?
Looks amazing, as usual! :) I love baking dessert bars! I’ve never tried peach, though. No time like the present!
You’re so right…peaches are amazing right now. I have pie crust chilling in the fridge right now for a homemade peach pie. These look great!
I’m a Georgia gal and our peaches are amazing right now. I had a peach muffin for breakfast and was just sitting here thinking about what else I could make using peaches. These bars are it… they look wonderful!
Love me some brown butter. ;)
I love peach season! And I love how the addition of fruit automatically makes these healthy. Bonus!
I just made these. (with nectarines instead of peaches) OMG delicious!!
Yay!
I also made them with nectarines! So good.
SO glad they worked out!
great combo! love it!
These look AMAZING!!! I attempted some peach scones a while back and though they were *okay* I mixed them TOO much, causing peachy juiciness to go into the batter resulting in weird textured scones. Plus they had this weird tartness that was kind of gross after a couple days. Anyway, these look much better. Browned butter is heavenly.
Amazing. I’m drooling. Can’t wait to try this recipe!
Those look like they would make a great dessert on a hot summer night with some vanilla ice cream! Who am I kidding, they would make a good breakfast too! And bonus I can eat them just the way they are, very bladder friendly…may be making these tomorrow!
Hello, stumbling upon your blog for the first time. I do love it! great recipe and step by step pictures on how to make. Will sure be coming back here:)
I just stumbled onto your blog and I’m so glad I did. The hubby will LOVE this recipe!
Bring these up north.
I just bought peaches yesterday. I’m glad we’re on the same page :)
That’s tomorrow’s breakfast sorted!
Wow those look delicious!!! These are perfect with juicy summer peaches. Yum!
I rarely, if ever, bake with peaches, but this recipe looks amazing! I love fruity, oaty bars. This is definitely getting tagged and made. :-)
Love your blog! All of the recipes are an inspiration, and I’ve tried few, they do not disappoint!
It’s a good idea for a potluck that I’m going to in a few weeks.
MMMmmmmmmmm ! I can just taste it now.
These are in my oven right now, and I’m chomping on the leftover batter bits that were stuck to my spatula. Does that mean I can’t eat as many bars when they are done?
thank you for the fantastic recipe…i made (and ate half of) these last night. AH-mazing :)
These make me so giddy!!! I love it!!
Love these bars! I have them on my list now as soon as peaches are available for picking around here. Yummm.
lawl you are too funny! plus, these bars are a wonder to behold, they look so luscious!
I’m making these now! They were SO easy, I just hope I did everything okay!
wipesdrool…….
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Could I make these with honey?
Honestly not sure… I haven’t tried that and there would be a ton of substitutions, it would basically be a different bar.
I made these and added raspberries and white chocolate chips. They were delicious! Reminded me of those mazurka bars you get @ great harvest! So yummy!!! Thanks!
OMG yum!!
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I made this last night and it is seriously one of the best things I have ever baked!! Thanks so much!!
So I’m pretty sure you’re my favorite food blogger. THIS IS AMAZING! I think all of your recipes that I’ve made have turned out delicious. I love how your recipes are simple and don’t have a lot of fancy ingredients, yet they’re still loaded with layers of flavor. Thanks!