If you love peaches, this deliciously easy Peach Pie Bars recipe is just for you! All the taste you love in peach desserts, no pie crust baking skills needed.
Love peaches? Be sure to try this crazy easy Instant Pot Peach Cobbler recipe. Only 4 ingredients! Or this delicious Peach Dumplings recipe topped with ice cream.
Why this Recipe Works
This recipe for Peach Pie Bars is not what it sounds like at first glance. You’re not just making a peach pie in a rectangular baking sheet and cutting them into bar form. That would be my apple slab pie.
While that would be tasty, you’d still be going through all the work involved in making a pie crust.
Here, you make a dough that tastes like shortbread cookies but requires zero rolling, folding or trimming. A can of peach pie filling goes on top before baking, then you sprinkle more dough on top (like you would a dutch apple pie).
- The result is a delicious peach bar you can eat with your hands!
- These bars are so easy to transport and serve, so you can share with friends.
- Drizzled with a dreamy cinnamon glaze.
Today’s recipe was created using our favorite Strawberry Steusel Bars recipe!
Looking for pie? Check out all our pie recipes and let us know your favorite! Our blueberry slab pie is incredible and would make my grandma so happy!
Ingredient Notes
To keep this dessert super easy, I used a can of peach pie filling (just like I did in our peach hand pies). The peach flavor is sweet and juicy without the work of making your own from scratch.
If you have another favorite peach pie filling or want to sub a homemade filling, be my guest!
Try other favorite pie fillings to make this recipe into different flavored pie bars. Apple pie filling, cherry pie filling or blueberry would all work beautifully!
- Butter- we use unsalted butter in most of our baking. It helps us control the flavor better.
- Powdered sugar- used to sweeten the cookie crumble, without affecting the texture. Results in a melt-in-your-mouth cookie. The extra powdered sugar is used to create the delicious cinnamon icing on top.
- Vanilla Extract- always use real vanilla, or try making our homemade vanilla extract.
Step by Step Instructions
- Prepare the crust. Make the shortbread crust, pressing all but one cup of the crumbs into the bottom of a 13×9 baking dish.
- Top with filling. We combined the can of peach pie filling with cinnamon, then spread it over the crust.
- Add the crumble. Sprinkle the reserved cup of crumbs over the top of the peach pie bars.
- Bake and Drizzle. Bake the bars until lightly browned. While cooling, whip up a glaze and drizzle over the warm bars. For best flavor, enjoy chilled!
How to Serve
On their own, these bars can be eaten with your hands but I especially love them served on a plate or in a bowl with a giant scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. Or make our easy no churn ice cream.
Can you really go wrong with peaches and ice cream?
Fresh whipped cream tastes amazing on Peach Pie Bars, too.
More Tips
- Storing: Leftover bars should be stored covered in the refrigerator. They taste wonderful cold or you can let them come to room temperature before serving.
- Glaze: Start with just a tablespoon of the milk then add a little more at a time until you get the glaze to the consistency you prefer. If you want a super thin glaze, you might need more than the amount of milk listed in the recipe.
- Pan: We line our 13×9 dish with parchment paper. Once the bars are chilled, lift the parchment paper out of the dish and cut the bars.
Peach Bar FAQs
While we didn’t use fresh peaches to create today’s peach bars, if you have a recipe using fresh peaches to make pie filling, feel free to substitute here. We wanted these bars to be delicious AND easy.
Absolutely. Freeze peach bars after baking and cooling. They can be frozen with or without the glaze. Store in airtight container in the freeze for up to 60 days. Thaw in refrigerator overnight.
More Easy Dessert Recipes
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Apple Crumble
- Cherry Slab Pie
- Banana Pudding
- Peach Cobbler
- Apple Pie Bars
- Rice Krispie Treats
- Pumpkin Pie Recipe
Peach Pie Bars
Ingredients
For the Crust
- 1 cup unsalted butter melted
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the Filling
- 1 can peach pie filling 21 ounce
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
For the Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 Tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 13×9 baking dish with parchment paper, set aside.
- In large mixing bowl, beat butter with sugar, flour, and vanilla. Mixture will resemble crumbs.
- Remove 1 cup of the crumbs, and pour the remaining crumbs into the prepared 13×9 baking dish. Press them down firmly, and evenly, with palm of hand or bottom of cup.
- In a small bowl, mix peach pie filling with cinnamon, break up the peach slices slightly. Pour over crust in pan.
- Sprinkle the remaining 1 cup of crumbs over the top of the pie filling.
- Bake for about 30 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Remove from oven and cool while making the glaze.
- For the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar, cinnamon, and milk. Drizzle over the warm pie bars and allow to cool completely. Then chill bars for at least 2 hours before serving.
Notes
Nutrition
No pie crust skills? No problem. Thanks to these easy to make Peach Pie Bars you don’t have to miss out on the great taste of homemade peach pie.
can you use fresh peaches in here ?
Thank you Trish. Nice bar recipe.
hi!i was wondering how many cups of homemade peach pie filling i need to be the same as your can of pie filling.i need a reply quickly please.and please do not contact me my my email address,thank u!!!! 🙂
It would be 4 2/3 cup pie filling. ENJOY
These look delicious! I’m a sweets person all the way…too much so…
I like to make pie crusts, though. I don’t know that mine look that great, but I enjoy making them. I most often make cream pies or use a crumb crust for the top crust, though.
I love the taste of pie crusts, but can’t say that I love making them! Cream pies? Oh yum. Thanks for stopping by Deborah!
Pie bars! Genius!! I love this ideas and peach is one of my favorites! don’t tell apple and pumpkin I said that! 😉
Thanks for linking up and good luck Aimee!
Pie crust is my nemesis! I can never make it look pretty for the life of me so these bars are right up my alley. And peach is my favorite flavor.
Those look delicious! Thanks so much for joining in The Thankful for Our Community Hop. I’m a new follower through facebook and twitter. Your sweets all look so good!
My grandmother makes a similar dish , with Apples
I love that we both had the same idea on pie bars. These are so yummy looking and so much easier than rolling out dough:-)
One of my best friends/roommates hates pie crust, so I’m going to have to introduce her to these!
Oh my, I am literally drooling right now. This looks sooo good! I’ve never tried Lucky Leaf, but I’ll have to now. I’ve been wanting to make something peach lately, but have been afraid since the peaches at my grocery store aren’t looking that great.
Easy pie?! Yes, please! I’m loving that glaze you drizzled over the top!
Looks Amazing
Peach is one of my favorite fruits
and Btw you aren’t alone in the pie crust issue 😛
Its a suffer for me and i just can’t make any success in doing it
So I simply gave up making any pies :((
Don’t give up on the pie! Eat pie bars 🙂
Hi –
Just wanted to tell you, that you aren’t the only one “threatened” by a pie crust. I am 54 years old, and can’t for the life of me, make a pie crust!! My mother in law can make a killer pie crust, and she has sat with me and tried to help me, and I STILL can’t do it. One time I went from attempting to make a homemade one, to buying a box mix to make on, and then finally ran to the store and bought one of those pie crusts that you just unroll and dump into the pie pan!!!! I used to be a caterer – obviously NOT a baker!!! :0) They say to “just keep trying.” I say, if I haven’t gotten it by this age, it is time to give it up!!!! GOOD LUCK AIMEE!!!!!
Thank you Gayle. I think I have given up (although I know I will attempt every once in a while, and fail). But it’s good to have this little pie bar recipe on the back burner!
Ah, pie crust… I always just pretend I was purposely going for the “rustic look” with my pies, ha ha! But these bars look soooo good, who needs a crust anyways?
I would faint and say what??? You don’t make crust? And then I will remember the epic fail I had a few hours ago. I ended up using *gasp* store bought. These bars are awesome…even if they are peach, lol. 🙂
For not being a peach fan, these bars sure look tasty. I also loathe working with the crusts but I do LOVE eating them! 🙂
Oh. My. Yumminess!! No pie crust to roll…double yumminess! I have a can of cherry pie filling – sounds good enough to me! 🙂
Most definitely have too try these this weekend. Can you substitute and use a different pie filling.
Oh my gosh, absolutely!! Pick your favorite!
Oooh! This looks good. I have another pie bar on my list to make soon. Need to add this to the list too! I have to admit, I get a tad anxious every time I attempt pie crust, so pie bars are alright with me. YUM!
Thanks Amy. Anxious doesn’t even describe how I feel…more like frustrated. I can get the taste right, just not the look of the crust! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Aimee