Dessert & Baked Goods » Peach Melba Bars
Ingredients
For Shortbread Crust
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1½ sticks unsalted butter, cubed & chilled
For Filling
- ¾ cup raspberry preserves
- 1 peach, pitted & thinly-sliced
For Crumble Topping
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- freshly-ground nutmeg to taste
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter, cubed & chilled
How-to
Make Shortbread Crust
- Preheat oven to 350º
- Add flour, light brown sugar and salt in a food processor
- Pulse to combine
- Turn on food processor and slowly add cubed butter. Process until the butter has been cut into the flour, and is in pea-sized pieces. The mixture will be crumbly
- Butter an 8" x 8" square baking pan. Line with two long pieces of parchment paper, both 8" in width. Lay one piece on the bottom and up two of the sides, with overhang (these will be your handles for lifting the bars out of the pan later). Butter the parchment. Repeat with second piece, criss-crossing the first. Butter the parchment again, assuring that the sides are coated well
- Transfer the shortbread mixture into the pan. Spread evenly, then lightly pat into a crust
Add Filling
- Dollop preserves atop crust and spread evenly
- Lay half of the thinly-sliced peach atop in rows
Make Topping & Bake
- In food processor, pulse together flour, brown sugar, salt and nutmeg
- With processor on, slowly add chilled, cubed butter and process until the butter has been cut into the flour and is in pea-sized pieces
- Sprinkle most of topping atop sliced peaches in pan. Nestle the other half of the thinly-sliced peaches in the crumble topping in rows
- Sprinkle the remaining crumble topping, but don't completely cover the peaches
- Bake 30 minutes or until topping has lightly browned
- Allow to cool in pan before lifting parchment out and slicing cookies
Kelsey Clark
Kelsey grew up in Bellingham, Washington. She became interested in cooking during high school and went on to attend culinary school at Johnson & Wales University in Providence. She participated in international programs in Paris as well as a wine school in Koblenz, Germany. Upon graduation, Kelsey received the most prestigious scholarship offered at Johnson & Wales through the Kobrand Wine Company's KOPF Foundation. This award allowed her to travel throughout California, Italy and France through the 2007 grape harvest, working in wineries and gaining hands-on understanding of the wine-making process. Kelsey has worked on Ming Tsai's PBS cooking show "Simply Ming" for six seasons. She has bartended in clubs and bars in Providence, Seattle, and Boston for over 6 years and is currently a producer for how2heroes. Outside of her love of food and wine, Kelsey enjoys running, traveling and spending time with her slightly overweight Bichon Frise, Gingersnap.
Kelsey Clark turns peach melba -- a retro classic dessert -- into a decadent bar cookie. Simple shortbread crust is layered with raspberry preserves and thin peach slices. Buttery crumble topping adorns the bar, and additional peach slices are nestled in to reveal a "sneak peak" of the filling. This recipe comes together in a snap -- the hardest part is waiting to dig in until the bars have cooled and set!
Kelsey Clark
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