Peach Bars with Almond Drizzle
Spectacular four-layer dessert bars with a shortbread crust, a peach and sour cream layer, a streusel topping, and an almond powdered sugar icing. Terrific for company or holiday dinners. Every bite will have you drooling!
Ingredients
CRUST:
- 1 1/2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods
- 1 1/2 sticks cold butter
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
FILLING:
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/8 tsp. sea salt or kosher salt
- 2 cups peaches peeled and finely diced
ALMOND DRIZZLE:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 5 tbsp. heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp. almond extract
Instructions
CRUST:
- Stir flour, salt and sugar together.
- Add butter and cut in with a pastry blender until well blended.
- Reserve 1 cup crumbs.
- Pour remaining crumbs into a greased 9x13” baking dish and press down firmly.
- Bake at 350° for 15 minutes.
- Top with filling and bake an additional 50-60 minutes or until filling ingredients are set.
- Cool 15 minutes before adding almond drizzle.
FILLING:
- Whisk eggs, flour, sugar, sour cream and salt together.
- Gently fold in peaches.
- Pour peach mixture over top of baked crust layer.
- Sprinkle filling layer with remaining cup of crumbs.
- Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until set.
- Cool 15 minutes before adding almond drizzle.
ALMOND DRIZZLE:
- Combine ingredients with whisk.
- After bars have cooled 15 minutes, drizzle icing over top of Peach Bars with a fork.
Notes
NOTE: Milk will not work in the drizzle. You must use heavy whipping cream.
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