Peach Crumb Bars

🧂 Ingredients

• 5 cups peaches

  peeled and finely diced
• 2 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1/2 cup UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  bleached flour toughens baked goods
• 1 tsp. cornstarch
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 tsp. sea salt

  or kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 3 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. sea salt

  or kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 cup unsalted butter

  cold
• 1 large egg

  lightly beaten
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp. cinnamon

Instructions

• 1 Peel, pit and finely dice fresh peaches.
• 2 Place the diced peaches in a large mixing bowl and sprinkle with the lemon
  juice.
• 3 Toss gently to combine.
• 4 In a separate bowl, stir flour, cornstarch, sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg and
  combine.
• 5 Pour dry ingredient mixture over the peaches and stir with a wooden spoon to
  combine.
• 6 Set aside.
• 7 In a large bowl whisk together the flour, 1 cup granulated sugar, baking powder,
  salt, and ¼ tsp. cinnamon.
• 8 Cut in the butter with a pastry blender until butter is mixed in and coarse
  crumbs have formed.
• 9 Stir the vanilla and beaten egg together.
• 10 Add into the flour and butter mixture and combine.
• 11 Mixture will be crumbly.
• 12 Pat half of the crust ingredients into the prepared baking dish.
• 13 Spread the peach mixture evenly over the bottom crust.
• 14 Crumble the remaining crust ingredients over the peach layer as a streusel
  topping.
• 15 Combine ¼ cup granulated sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon.
• 16 Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture over top of streusel topping.
• 17 Bake at 375° for 45-60 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and peach juice
  starts to bubble up around the edges.
• 18 Cool completely before cutting into bars.

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