Streusel Topped Peach Tart
Made with sweet, juicy summer peaches & a buttery crust, this Streusel Topped Peach Tart is easier than pie & absolutely scrumptious.
So far this summer, the peaches I have purchased have been transformed into sweet, refreshing margaritas. I knew the hubby was hankering for a peach dessert, and this fruit tart became one of our most unforgettable Peach Desserts Recipes. National Peach Month will be here soon!
Why You’ll Love:
The hubby was hinting around about “pie.” Peach pie to be exact. Have I told you how much I dislike making double-crust pies? A “pat in” tart crust is more my speed.
- This peach tart had all the amazing flavors of a pie without all the work.
- A crumb topping is EASY and so delicious!
- It’s a wonderful summer dessert when peaches are in season.
I toyed with adding a lattice crust till the dough strips fell apart in my hands. No way was I going to weave those! When I see desserts with a crumb topping, like this Streusel Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, I never fume, “Where the heck is that top crust????” Instead, my mouth starts to water. So streusel won out. Bill was a happy guy! And I was a happy, stress-free baker. If you love peach recipes, check out all my Best Peach Recipes for more inspiration.
Peach Tart Crust Ingredients
Peach Tart Filling and Streusel Ingredients
Ingredient Notes
- Kitchen Staples – Flour, Sugar, Salt, Brown Sugar, Ground Cinnamon
- Butter – Cold for crust plus more for the streusel topping.
- Egg Yolks – For crust, whisk together. Note that egg yolks are less likely to break if separated when cold.
- Peaches – The number depends on their size. 4 large peaches or 6-8 smaller peaches should work. To see how to peel them easily, check the tips below. Cut into ½-inch wide slices.
- Fresh Lemon Juice – I keep a stash in the freezer in a small Rubbermaid container. The bottled stuff isn’t nearly as good as fresh juice.

Expert Tips
- Use fresh, seasonal summer peaches for the tastiest results. They should be sweet, flavorful, and juicy. Mealy bland peaches will not be any better after you bake them.
- To peel, cut a superficial X just through the skin on the side opposite the stem. Place in boiling water for about a minute. Remove to a bowl of ice water. The peels should slip release by peeling from where you made your X.
- Use cold butter to make the flakiest crust. The little pieces of butter will produce steam when they are heated in the oven which then create the little pockets of air that make a flaky crust.
- The crust is made in a food processor, but it can also be made by hand. You may use two knives or a pastry blender instead.
- After you mix the crumb topping, you may want to go in with your fingers and pinch together some larger crumbs. This helps make a nicer presentation but is totally optional.
How to Make
Our 4th of July Menu
I first served this fruit tart recipe at our annual 4th of July gathering a few years ago. The forecast was dreary so our party was moved indoors and the fireworks were nixed. We all squeezed into our home and I decked the tables in red, white, and blue.
Everyone brought a dish to share, something to grill, and I baked up a storm. A frozen Grasshopper Pie, Homemade Samoas, Frosted Cocoa Brownies, and this luscious fruit tart were my contributions. Everything was a huge hit!
Oh, yeah, it’s an Independence Day tradition to make my Sour Cream Corn Dip which was devoured in record time (that’s what happens when you have 3 twenty-something-year-old young men for dinner). Bill requests it every year without fail. But I think desserts are traditionally the highlight of this summer party, and this scrumptious tart was the perfect addition.
Frequently Asked Questions
Grease your baking pan with butter or non-stick cooking spray. I use a non-stick tart pan, which also helps minimize sticking.
Both have crusts and fillings, but a pie crust tends to be light and flaky and a tart crust is more short, firm, and crumbly. A tart has a single crust with short straight sides and a pie crust can have a single or double crust and most pie pans have angled sides. Both can have sweet or savory fillings.
Streusel is a crumbly topping made of flour, butter, sugar, and sometimes spices. The mixture is sprinkled on coffeecakes, tarts, bread, muffins, and cakes. According to the Food Lover’s Companion, the word streusel is German for sprinkle or strew. To make a streusel, first mix the dry ingredients together. Next cut in the butter with a pastry blender, two knives, or your fingers until the butter is incorporated and crumbs form. I like using my fingers to work in the butter, then form the mixture into crumbs of different sizes.
First, cut an X through the peach skin on the end opposite the stem on all the peaches you need to peel. Bring a pot of water to a boil, then add the peaches and leave them for about 30 seconds, or until you see the skin at the X starting to peel away. Have a bowl of ice water near your stove, remove the peaches with a slotted spoon, and place them in the cold water bath. Once they are cool enough to handle, use a paring knife or your fingers to peel the peaches. The skin should easily slip off the fruit.
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Streusel Topped Peach Tart Recipe
A peach tart made with fresh summer peaches and topped with a buttery streusel.
Ingredients
Tart Dough:
- 1 ⅓ cups flour
- ½ cup sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 7 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon cold butter, cut into pieces
- 2 egg yolks, whisked to break up
Peach Filling:
- 4 peaches, peeled pitted and sliced about ½ inch wide
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons flour
- ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Streusel Topping:
- ½ cup flour
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup butter, cut into pieces
Instructions
- Put the flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor and pulse a couple of times to combine.
- Scatter the pieces of butter over the dry ingredients and pulse until the butter is pea-sized or smaller.
- Add the yolks, a little at a time, pulsing after each addition. When the eggs are all in, process the dough in long pulses until it starts to clump.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead gently to pull the dough together. Wrap in plastic and let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Press the dough into a 9-inch fluted, greased tart pan with a removable bottom. Press the dough evenly over the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Set on a baking sheet.
- Preheat the oven to 350º.
- Mix sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Add peach slices and lemon juice and gently toss. Arrange peach slices in concentric circles over the crust, starting on the outside and working toward the middle. Pour any of the juices in the bowl over the tart.
- To make the topping, mix the flour and brown sugar. With fingers, rub the butter pieces into the dry ingredients to make crumbs. Spread over the top of the tart.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes or till the crust is brown and the filling is bubbling.
- Cool to room temperature on a wire rack and serve with vanilla ice cream if desired.
Notes
Use fragrant, ripe seasonal peaches for the best results.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1 sliceAmount Per Serving: Calories: 427Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 84mgSodium: 114mgCarbohydrates: 79gFiber: 3gSugar: 45gProtein: 6g
40 Comments on “Streusel Topped Peach Tart”
This looks absolutely fabulous, Liz! No wonder it’s a special treat for the family. Beautifully done.
Had everything to make this pie! Everyone loved it! The streusel topping was so perfect!
I am a die-hard streusel fan and this pie certainly delivers! The peach filling is so good! This is my new favorite summer pie!
Yum! This recipe is a family favorite! I can’t wait to make this again! It was so delicious and scrumptious!
Perfecting or at least coming close with pies and tarts is on my list for this summer. Rarely, have I made a double crust pie so it will be single-crust or a buttery crusted tart for me. Your delicious Peach Tart is a good place to start.
I have peaches ripening on my counter. This certainly would be a great way to use them as the tart sounds great.
What a gorgeous pie, perfect summery flavours. I’m not a huge top crust person either so this pie is right up my alley. Canada Day (July 1) will be a very different event this year. We are only allowed to view fireworks on TV, they will be live-streamed.
I want to check this out, but I have to confess that I was sidetracked by your mention of peach margaritas! Yes please, I’ll have both!
Yum! Peaches are my favorite. Can’t wait to make this delicious dessert.
I wait all year for fresh peach season just so I can make this recipe!! It’s amazing!!
oh boy perfect timing for all my peaches thanks Liz!
cant wait to try this!
I would love a slice with some homemade peach ice cream on top !! yummy!
This looks delicious! I love anything with peaches in! 🙂
Our Colorado peaches are just starting to appear in the farmers markets. They are small now but delicious. This looks like a wonderful recipe to try. Envy you the crab legs you are having tonight in Alaska. Michael and I have been to some of the sites you are seeing. Quite beautiful, huh?
This looks so decadent and I’m thinking having a slice with a Peach Margarita may be too far over the top.
I love the crumb topping on here!
This looks AMAZING! I love that fabulous crust!
This is stunning Liz! So pretty! You always leave me salivating!
Your family and friends much just love having you around with all these delicious things you make! This is another example…..looks delicious!
That is one gorgeous tart! It was a bit dreary here for the 4th but we still managed to set off some fireworks and enjoy the outdoors. Even though you had to take your celebration inside I bet every crumb of this was devoured. Now I must try your sour cream dip…
Fanfreakingtastic! Can’t get enough of streusel…and peaches now are sweet and juicy.
#Gorgeous! Crusts are indeed challenging and happy that I’ve got inspired streusel toppings like yours =) Ps. Your 4th looks to have been quite a delicious day =)
Liz, your recipes always look so tempting, but this is my favorite so far. This is my ideal dessert, fruit, crust, crumbly topping – perfection.
How I am craving a slice of this tart right now! It looks delicious!
I love that streusel topping, what a gorgeous tart!
I’m SURE that your peach tart was a huge hit at your 4th celebration, Liz! Wow, you sure did whip up a lot of recipes for your party! You’re amazing!
xo
Roz
I’m SURE that this tart was a huge hit at your 4th celebration, Liz! Wow, you sure whipped up a storm for y our party! You’re amazing!
xo
Roz
Impressive !! Streusel Topped Peach looks so tasty. Thanks Liz for this recipe.
Even though the weather was bad and you couldn’t have the fireworks, it still sounds like you had a wonderful July 4 celebration. And what a fantastic menu! I must look up your grasshopper pie menu – I’ve never heard of grasshopper pie before and I am hoping this has more to do with the cocktail than the insect! Beautiful peach pie and I love the photo of the peach with the leaves still attached – looks like it’s been picked from a tree in your backyard! xx
Looks delicious!
Streusel and peaches just go together seamless.y!
I want to come to your house for your next 4th of July! All of those treats sound amazing and this looks like the perfect ending to a summer feast.
I don’t know, a lot of times my rolled pie crust ends up falling apart and being a press in crust 🙂 But this looks amazing with the topping and the juicy peaches. Better than pie even!
I’m with you, I don’t care much for making pie crust, so it’s usually one with a streusel topping like yours. Which looks delicious by the way!
this look sbsolutely beautiful dear 🙂
Always inspirational! A no roll tart crust sounds like a fantastic idea. Thanks for sharing Liz 🙂
Stunning pie Liz–everyone at your 4th gathering were quite the lucky people!
Every year I say I’m going to make a peach pie… and don’t. Your tart looks great and I’m sure everyone loved it:@)
Liz, peaches are just wonderful and very versatile. I like savory as well as sweet dishes with peaches and the list of recipes from the other members of your group sounds wonderful. But desserts are always special and your combination of tart dough, streusel topping and lots of fruit sounds like a fabulous recipe and it looks very summery and pretty!