Cherry Peach Bars
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These delicious, healthy cherry peach bars are a great snack or breakfast on the go.
For 11 months of the year, my cherry pitter sits in a bin on a high shelf in my kitchen with other “occasional use” kitchen gadgets. But for about a month each year, that pitter gets a workout when cherries are in season.
Even with sale prices, cherries are still one of the most expensive types of produce we buy, but they’re so worth it. They’re a delicious treat that we enjoy on their own, as well as in recipes like this cherry chocolate cake and cherry chocolate smoothie bowl.
These cherry peach bars are gluten-free and dairy-free, and they perfectly highlight the fresh peach and cherry flavors. These bars are just sweet enough, so you could eat them for breakfast or as a snack.
I like to arrange the fresh cherries and peaches in a diagonal pattern on top of the base. This insures that you’ll get both cherry and peach in every bar.
Cherry Peach Bars
Recommended Equipment
Ingredients
Ingredients for the Base
- 1 1/2 cups gluten-free flour or white whole wheat flour
- 1 cup oats
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup melted coconut oil
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/3 cup water
Ingredients for the Topping
- 12 ounces fresh cherries
- 2 peaches
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup gluten-free flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and grease a 9 x 13 inch pan.
- To make the base, combine the dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
- Stir the wet ingredients together in a small bowl and then mix them into the dry ingredients.
- Press the mixture evenly into the pan.
- Pit the cherries and remove the pits from the peaches.
- In a food processor, coarsely chop the cherries. Place the cherries in diagonal stripes across the base layer.
- In a food processor, coarsely chop the peaches. Place the peaches in diagonal stripes across the base layer where there is space between the cherry stripes. This will allow each square bar to have cherries and peaches in it.
- Combine the remaining ingredients to make the crumb topping, and distribute on top of the fruit.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, and let cool completely before cutting.
Approximate Nutrition Info
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Cherry Peach Bars Price Breakdown
At $3.99 a pound on sale, these cherries are a splurge for me. This recipe costs $9.61 to make, or $.53 per bar. These bars are a delicious, healthy snack or breakfast on the go.
I love crisps/crumbles and this portable version would be perfect for a picnic 🙂
Cherries and peaches are such a great combination. I haven’t bought cherries yet this season because they’re so expensive, but they taste so awesome when you splurge on them!
Love the combo of peaches and cherries when both are freshly picked. Looks delicious.
These remind me of my blueberry pie bars! The combo of peach and cherry sounds unbelievable! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Sounds yummy! Thanks for sharing at Healthy 2Day Wednesday, and come back next week to see if you were featured!
This is so pretty! Beautiful colours and flavours for summer 🙂
Thanks, Gabby! I love all the great colors of summer produce!
It’s almost midnight here and your bars would be a welcome snack before bed…I know, not the healthiest idea, but they just look so good! Thank you for sharing in our recipe hop! I’m going to have to give this one a try! Cherries are a favorite in our family and I’m just now beginning to see them out in the store for a reasonable price ☺
Thanks! I hope you like them.
Those look beautiful! I almost forgot about the cherries~we have a place where you can pick your own, I’ll have to check when that starts!
That sounds wonderful! I’m getting ready to go strawberry picking here in Massachusetts. I love this time of year!
These sound absolutely delicious! I’ll have rot wait a while for cherries here though 🙂
Hang in there – these are worth the wait!
🙂
I love all the fresh fruit, and coconut! You sure this is enough to share?? 😀
You’ll probably want to double it!
Wow!! These bars look delicious. What a pretty presentation! :0)
Thank you so much!
What a delicious treat! And I couldn’t agree more…cherries are worth every penny 🙂
Thanks! You’re so lucky to get cherries in your CSA box!
Mmm.. yum!
These are right up your alley!
You are killing me!
Sorry! They’re very healthy, though – no guilt!
I have some leftover base from a strawberry tart I made last week and I was looking to do something with it. So, I will just borrow your topping for now. I think even my husband would like this! 🙂
That sounds delicious – enjoy!
I love it!! What a great combination, very creative!!! Your pictures look so tasty!! Going to pin it!! Thanks for the link back!!!
Thanks for the inspiration! I’m glad I discovered your blog!